Word: partisanship
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...deepest philosophical enemy anything but "my distinguished colleague," or to continue a political argument after hours. When cries went up for a list of Capitol Hill check bouncers, House Speaker Tom Foley protected Democrats and Republicans alike, as does the Ethics Committee. So ingrained is the clubbiness that partisanship often seems like a Hulk Hogan spectacle, faked for the C-SPAN audience...
Thompson's welfare reforms, says Milwaukee political analyst Charles Sykes, reflect a "Germanic tradition ((that)) is progressive but based on a bedrock sense of responsibility." As minority floor leader in the state legislature from 1981 to 1986, Thompson was known as "Dr. No" because of his relentless partisanship. He reinforces that hard-nosed image today with a sign on his desk that says NO SNIVELING. A 10-ft.-tall "Governor's Veto Pencil" stands in the corner; he has used the line-item veto more than 1,000 times since taking office...
Conscience? If this was a vote of conscience, what are we to make of Congress's other votes? Votes of pocketbook and partisanship? One would expect members of Congress to vote their consciences -- i.e., to decide what is in the best interest of the country -- every time...
Such a harsh and inclusive indictment will raise further questions about the partisanship and competence of the historians as well as about Reagan. Their judgments are strikingly out of phase with those of the electorate. "A crushing 91.8% of historians believe that the American people have overestimated Mr. Reagan," writes Blessing. Put another way, the scholars think that the plain folks did not quite understand what was going...
...margin." The reasons for that may be more political than patriotic. If Bush opts for war -- and if Iraq is quickly dislodged from Kuwait at acceptable cost -- the President's popularity will skyrocket. A Congress that tries to thwart him now could later appear guilty of unseemly partisanship. Dovish Democrats in particular would see themselves labeled once again as wimps in the arena of global politics...