Word: bipartisanism
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...took up our assigned seats in Section 11. Whereupon we realized that, even though our tickets clearly said we were Harvard students, Section 11 was on the side of the stadium flying the blue "Y" flag and had a crowd comprised mainly of Yale alumni. Dubious. Who wants bipartisan seating? You might as well seat Rep. Barney Frank '61 (D-Mass.) next to Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.). So we did what many other misassigned people (and there seemed a fair number of us, judging from the numerous overheard complaints) did--we went over to the Harvard side...
...cooperate whether we like it or not," said Louisiana Senator John Breaux, a leader of the centrist New Democrats. "It won't be a theory. It will be a necessity." Republican Mike DeWine of Ohio said, "The message from the people was, We want less wrangling and more bipartisan work...
...idea is to put some points on the board early," says a Gore adviser. "Not get bogged down in big, ponderous packages." The patients' bill of rights is a prime candidate, since it failed last time by a single vote in the Senate. But on most other issues, achieving bipartisan compromise would require that Gore abandon key campaign promises. Take his plan for a prescription-drug benefit under Medicare, an issue he would probably press early. Candidate Gore called for a universal entitlement; President Gore could never get that passed. As for campaign-finance reform, money for school construction, class...
Meehan is best-known for the Bipartisan Campaign Reform...
...have in mind a bloodbath that is thoroughly bipartisan. Let the Clintons be the first to go. American politics will not be healthy until they are purged from the system. Issue exit visas to Trent Lott and Tom DeLay, to Dick Armey, to the ancient and awful Strom Thurmond and the odious Jesse Helms. Let the ostraca fall upon the bombastic charlatan Jesse Jackson, upon Henry Hyde and Maxine Waters, upon Barbara Boxer and Orrin Hatch...