Word: bipartisanism
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...hear constant political debate about these other stimulus efforts? Presumably because they were the result of bipartisan legislation or were the doing of the nonpartisan Fed. That is to say, the Obama Administration can't take full credit for the bulk of the stimulus, and the Republicans can't disown it. So neither side talks much about it. Over the coming year these other forms of stimulus will - one hopes - be ratcheted back, while stimulus-bill spending will peak. At that point the great stimulus debate might actually start to matter. Until then, there's better football to be watched...
...which the system can be addressed that would get Republican support. Republicans have offered very definite, concrete ideas, but they're not being seriously considered. I think there has been no real attempt on the part of the Administration or particular leaders in Congress to make this a bipartisan effort...
...impressive bipartisan consensus regarding the power of inertia. For all the disagreements over the public option, almost everyone agrees that making it the default is a big deal, and that the compromise allowing opt-outs is a pretty modest compromise. That's because reams of studies have shown that default settings really, really matter. If Reid's legislation had omitted a default public option but allowed states to opt in if they wanted one, insurers would be ecstatic and liberals would be furious...
Although he spoke of being inspired by politicians who are there for “the right reasons,” Axelrod also expressed his disappointment at the lack of bipartisan cooperation in Congress...
...cuts to their Medicare reimbursements. To prevent that from happening to a constituency no politician likes to alienate - or, worse, having doctors cut services to patients - Congress in 2003 passed a one-year spending patch to fix the problem; six fixes later, that "temporary" solution has become an annual, bipartisan affair that hasn't solved the fundamental problem. So now, unless Congress acts, doctors are looking at a wage cut of 21% next year and 40% the year after...