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I had dinner with four Republicans last night. They wonder where their party went. They all feel abandoned by party politics.
I had dinner with four Republicans last night. They wonder where their party went. They all feel abandoned by party politics.
Ari Melber | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Even as the results from actual, live campaigns in Virginia and New Jersey roll in, the political and media establishment is fixated on the anniversary of Obama's election.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
The National Journal reports that the lobbying effort over climate change could grow even more contentious than the fight for health care reform. The...
Newsweek | Howard Fineman | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
On Mount Olympus in Greece there were many gods, but on Mount Olympia in the District of Columbia there is one: Snowe of Maine, daughter of Spartan im...
The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
Okay, this is important: The new Washington Post poll finally asks people about their cravings for bipartisanship in the right way, and its finding re...
Nancy Lindborg | Posted 10.15.2009 | World
As hyper-partisanship continues to dominate the health care debate in the nation's capital, it might be easy to overlook a bipartisan consensus that has quietly but unmistakably emerged in the foreign policy spectrum.
Marie Wilson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
The Republican Party's stubborn adherence to partisanship on health care is alienating a huge portion of the party -- Republican women -- and is giving rise to an impending revolt.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
By supporting a moderate bill in committee, Snowe has made the GOP, or at least part of it, relevant again; succeeding where Michael Steele, John Boehner, Joe Wilson, Rush Limbaugh and others have failed.
Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
I was wrong to think that no Republican would vote for reform. I was wrong to think that Baucus had been wasting his time. I was wrong to assume that there was no point to negotiating or giving up anything.
Mark Axelrod | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics
Bi-partisan. Can't listen to a political talk show these days, either from the "left" or the "right" without someone using the word once, twice, even multiple times.
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics
A majority of Americans prefer that Congress pass a Democrat-only health care bill that includes a public option over a bipartisan bill that does not,...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics
The GOP cannot even claim credit for bringing the bills to the middle of the road -- the Democrats are hogging all of it. And that is a good thing, despite what some may think.
Marie Wilson | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
From health care to economics, our nation's women are proving to be the essential ingredient to getting the job done.
David Sirota | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
There are numerous examples of the fetishization of bipartisanship -- but none have been as blatant as what we see today from Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
The Baucus Caucus came to town one morning in the early spring, / They said, "You want a health-care bill? Don't sweat -- we'll handle ev'rything!"
Dan Sweeney | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
Max Baucus, in his insistence on bipartisan reform, is almost entirely responsible for the brain-cell-killing month of 'deathers' and 'birthers' we have had to endure.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics
Baucus' was supposed to be the "bipartisan" bill, but the only way it can truly be referred to as such is in the growing bipartisan distaste for the bill.
Huffington Post | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics
Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller slammed Senator Max Baucus' health care bill, saying his vote would not be forthco...
The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics
Congress has only been back in session for a week, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is already warning he may cancel the next break because of a ...
Billy Parish | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green
The New York State Senate and Assembly rose above petty politics last week to pass legislation on climate and energy, setting a precedent for bipartisanship and a sensible cap and trade system.
Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
The notion that those of us who won the election with a solid majority should compromise 50/50 with those who lost; well, then, why not randomly choose sides?
Washington Post | Eugene Robinson | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
Anyone who watched Wednesday night as President Obama explained his health-care reform proposals to Congress saw a chief executive making what sounded...
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Most lawmakers condemned Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) for his disruptive behavior Wednesday night -- including Wilson himself. But some on the right think...
Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Obama created the space for the Democrats to work. He outlined a lot of stuff, but did not get specific in the semantics. He opened up the lane once again for prima donna Congresspeople to drive in for the layup.
Dave Astor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy
Barack Obama has tried to make the GOP happy. He appointed Republicans to high posts, expanded the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and never pushed for a single-payer health plan
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics