Word: bipartisanism
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...Washington lawyer, Skinner works with the Women's Leadership Council to talk to Republican women and encourage the advancement of women in the party. Other organizations, including the bipartisan Emily's List, work to drum up funding and support for female Candidates--providing what Skinner thinks is a much-needed boost...
Ross Perot is fond of condemning Washington as "a town filled with sound bites, shell games, handlers and media stunt men." His disdain for politics- as-usual propels his anti-campaign. Yet Perot has turned over management of his crusade to a bipartisan corps of political pros who exemplify everything Perot says he opposes. Their efforts to transform Perot's volunteer army into a more traditional campaign brigade have sown widespread resentment and anger among his early enlistees...
...year ceiling-breaker caused by the recession, much of the underlying deficit is becoming self- perpetuating. This year 14% of federal payments -- or about $200 billion -- will go not for goods or services but merely for interest on the $3.9 trillion national debt. Since the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office projects annual deficits of $200 billion to $300 billion or more during the first decade of the 21st century, taxes to finance the rolling debt are almost certain to be much higher on tomorrow's workers than on today...
...would be a mistake to underestimate the task facing the two men. Their biggest challenge will be to erect a nationwide organization without upsetting the enormous volunteer corps that got the Perot balloon off the ground. In addition, the gauzy notion of a bipartisan campaign, run jointly by a Democrat and a Republican, sounds better in theory than in practice. Rollins and Jordan, never before having teamed up even in their wildest dreams, may not agree instantly on the best approach, for example, to urban blacks or Southern evangelicals. And getting along with Perot may be harder than getting along...
...falling into a distinctly American trap -- that there is a magic formula and if we just find it we can solve this problem. Canada has a parliamentary system, and Canada has a much higher debt-to-GNP than we do. We need leadership with vision. That could create a bipartisan response...