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...nature and timing of the stimulus package also made it a peculiarly inopportune occasion for the inauguration of a post-partisan era. Politicians are bipartisan either because they don’t think anyone (in particular Rush Limbaugh) is noticing or because there is overwhelming public support for something. Seduced by the fervor of the inauguration and the unprecedented nature of the economic crisis, many of us assumed there would be overwhelming public support for the stimulus package, as indeed there was before the Republicans got in their licks. But we should have learned from the pre-election bailout package...
...Republicans for the lack of bipartisanship, while a still greater majority, 66 percent, continues to believe that Obama is bringing “a new approach.” With no serious concessions on principle, Obama is now being given credit for having walked the walk of his post-partisan talk, and his failure to achieve it thus far is being blamed on the other guys. He has no reason to abandon the approach he has taken. His effort to lay the groundwork for political pressure on Republicans to join bipartisan coalitions on issues like health care, energy policy...
When Schwarzenegger swept then governor Gray Davis out of office and himself into the governor's chair in the dramatic 2003 recall election, he promised to end the partisan gridlock in Sacramento and balance the state's books. Neither miracle happened. A social liberal, Schwarzenegger had been careful to wave high the no-new-tax flag. In prior budget years, he touted bonds and found other gimmicks to put off costs until later...
...report, they argued that guaranteeing insurance creates moral hazard and reduces innovation. “Instead of creating new regulatory hurdles, a superior approach to better protect consumers and preserve wealth-creating opportunities is to enhance and reinforce [existing] wise regulation,” they wrote. Regardless of partisan opinions, some scholars said they believe that portions of Moss’ findings are infallible. Business School economist Rafael M. Di Tella said that the government’s readiness to insure large institutions deemed vital to the U.S. economy—even without prior agreements—means additional regulation...
...comfortable doing this, and that it wouldn't be fair to [Obama] to be part of a team and not be able to be 100% on the team." With those words, Gregg offered what may be the most blunt statement of the challenge Obama faces in moving beyond the partisan and ideological divisions that have long defined national politics. Gregg declined to specify the issues or events that made him reconsider or why he had only just now realized that it wasn't a good fit when his differences with the Administration's agenda were never a secret...