Word: bipartisanship
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...former Barbour aide told me: “The thinking was that if we set a tone that encouraged bipartisanship, what would we be dealing with? Left-wing legislation with a patina of bipartisan cooperation. And what would be the result? More Democrat [sic] victories. We needed to show that Clinton and his party were governing in the wrong direction and therefore Republicans stubbornly opposed him and [the Democrats] couldn’t be trusted. It teed us up perfectly...
...promised to unite and not divide now sounds as though he is prepared to leave as his second-term legacy the Death of Compromise. "I've got the will of the people at my back," he said at the moment of victory. From here on out, bipartisanship means falling in line: "I'll reach out to everyone who shares our goals." Whatever spirit of cooperation that survives in his second term may have to be found among his opponents; he has made it clear he's not about to change his mind as he takes on Social Security...
...other school--composed of neoconservatives, religious conservatives and most Democrats--scoffs at the idea of an outbreak of diplomacy and bipartisanship. Bush is who he is: bold, tough, faith based, unyielding. "He's got the biggest balls of anyone you've ever seen," Vice President Cheney has been known to say privately. In this scenario, Bush will not only hang tough in Iraq, he'll also confront Iran about its nuclear arms program, not give an inch to North Korea and stand shoulder to shoulder with Ariel Sharon. He will aggressively pursue the privatization of Social Security, the voucherization...
...first framing their choices with a few “planning assumptions.” And it’s fairly clear to those who’ve followed this story line in the media what planning assumptions this tax policy committee will be charged with. This talk about bipartisanship and economists obscures the fact that the Bush team knows exactly the direction it’s heading. For several weeks now there have been quiet (and not so quiet) rumblings from the Bush-Cheney politburo about that perennial conservative darling—the “flat...
...requires a high degree of bipartisanship,” Glickman said happily, referring to his new position as president of the Motion Picture Association of America...