Word: partisanship
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...President Eisenhower's plea for creation of 40 new judgeships died in Congress-a victim of the same partisanship that had buried earlier Administration requests for additional judgeships. Democrats did not want to establish posts to be filled by a Republican President. In the interest of getting a bill enacted, Ike offered to split the new appointments evenly between the two parties, but still the Democrats stalled. Democratic leaders de cided to bet that the next President would be a Democrat, and that their party would then get a lot more than 50% of the new judgeships...
Thus far, the indications seem a bit depressing. The retention of Hoover and Dulles has again dismayed liberals, who after swallowing the news, excused it in the name of non-partisanship, and (familiarly) shrewdness. But Hoover has antagonized liberals by his close identification with Congressional investigatory committees, and in keeping Dulles, Kennedy may be mutely accepting the misguided U2 policy...
...partisanship is rich soil in which to bury the Democratic platform; and while "Continuity" is a legitimate objective, it should not be the fundamental one for an opposition candidate. It would be tragic for all those who seek a return to forward-looking government, if Kennedy's liberal program must someday be explained away as a mere campaign expedient. This, of course, would require some ingenuity on the part of the liberals. But the experience they have gained recently should stand them in good stead if worse comes to worst...
...Idlewild Airport and sped into Manhattan in his bubble-topped Lincoln, New Yorkers-125,000 of them-lined the streets to cheer him and to wave placards (WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU, IKE) as if he were a fighter climbing into the ring. Even the customary show of political partisanship was gone; Democratic Mayor Robert Wagner, who had never seen fit to greet the President on past visits, rode into town with...
There is "a clear and compelling need to face the facts concerning the failure of the summit conference in Paris." he said, calling for an end to partisanship in the debate. Easily read between the lines, or even in them, was an effort to project a presidentially august image of above-the-battle statesmanship...