Word: bipartisanship
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...times "Liberal" or "liberal elite"--13 times, including a friendly reference to McGovern Newt Gingrich--5 times Medicare, Medicaid, education, environment (in a row)--3 times Trusting people more than government--8 times His family and friends--Only once (brother Roger). Never mentioned Hillary, Chelsea or Al Gore '69. Bipartisanship--7 times His family and friends--7 times, including 3 references to Jack Kemp A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE QUOTES: "No comment." Called late brother "Kenny the Great Exaggerator," "a great talker...but you couldn't always believe him." Defined "liberal" as the "golden oldie" of past Republican presidential campaigns...
...catalog of conventional wisdom, the most hopeful outcome of the 1996 election is a scenario in which the Democratic President and the Republican Congress actually work together to govern in a spirit of comity and bipartisanship, thereby fulfilling the mandate of the voters...
...notion of transforming entitlements like Medicaid into block grants to the states. Gingrich figured that the proposal, when made public, would cost about 40 hard-line Republican votes in the House but would make up the difference among moderate Democrats. "The proposal had to have the imprimatur of bipartisanship," said a participant in the session...
...years instead of seven, protect education, and go easier on Medicare. The Morris touch lay in Clinton's conciliatory tone toward Republicans, his embrace of moderate Democrats and his willingness to alienate liberals. "This could be a turning point for us," Clinton told his TV audience, suggesting that bipartisanship could lead to real fiscal discipline for the first time in decades...
Second, as the leader of the government, the President should create an atmosphere of cooperation and bipartisanship among the various contenders. He should also seek the help, the well-intentioned advice and the support of whomever is willing to give it. But he should take care not to be unduly influenced by one side of the political spectrum to the dismay of the other, or worse yet, to the detriment of the American people...