Bipartisanship

Robinson: Obama Should Just Ignore "Spoiled First Graders" In GOP

Washington Post | Eugene Robinson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Watergate, Louie Gohmert, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, President Obama, Blue Dogs, Obama Health Care Speech, Bipartisanship, Lyndon Johnson, House Republicans, Eric Cantor, Politics News

Anyone who watched Wednesday night as President Obama explained his health-care reform proposals to Congress saw a chief executive making what sounded...

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Conservatives Rally Around Joe Wilson: "Great American Hero"

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Controversy, President Obama, Joe Wilson, redstate.com, Health Care Reform, Bipartisanship, Patrick Ruffini, Politics News

Most lawmakers condemned Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) for his disruptive behavior Wednesday night -- including Wilson himself. But some on the right think...

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Who will be the Killer D's

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.

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Obama to Join the Republican Party?

Dave Astor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

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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

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Obama Healthcare Speech: How To Watch it

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Raul Grijalva, Mike Ross, Ben Nelson, Senior Citizens, Chuck Grassley, Public Option, Mike Enzi, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Medicare, Bipartisanship, Mary Landrieu, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

In his speech to Congress at 8 p.m. Wednesday, President Obama will press his case for major health care legislation, not just with lawmakers in the a...

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Mr. President, Republicans are Sensing Victory, Because You Won't Fight

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, President Obama, Obama Bipartisanship, Obama, Obama Public Option, Health Insurance Industry, Ted Kennedy, Joe the Nerd, Private Health Insurance, Politics News, Medicare for All, Republican, Bipartisanship, Public Option, Medicare, Health Care, Public Health Insurance Plan, Politics News

We need to see President Obama's teeth Wednesday night. I want to know that there is some steel behind the cool facade.

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Calling Mr. Smith, Not Mr. Rogers

Dan Siegel | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change We Can Believe In, Rahm Emanuel, Joint Session of Congress, Abraham Lincoln, Health Care Reform, Fdr, Lbj, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan, Health Care, Teddy Roosevelt, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Bill Moyers, Politics News

We are starved for a leader who can express righteous indignation against the corrupt forces who have emptied the public purse while bidding for the powers that be.

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The Prince and the Wise Man

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Compromise, Glenn Beck, Obama, Bipartisanship, Rush Limbaugh, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

That President Obama always seems surprised the right wing will do anything to destroy him reminds me of an old story.

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The 3 Lost Lessons of Healthcare History: Will Obama Re-Learn Them in Time?

John Neffinger | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

The New York Times recently reported that the Obama administration is heeding a list of six lessons from previous efforts to reform health care. Unfortunately, the three most crucial lessons were left off the list.

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Gang Of Six Back In Action: Giving Bipartisanship One More Try

POLITICO | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Jeff Bingaman, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Kent Conrad, Olympia Snowe, Max Baucus, Bipartisanship, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

Most top Democrats, including senior White House advisers, may no longer expect a health care deal out of the bipartisan "Group of Six," but the senat...

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Enzi On Health Reform: "I'm Pretty Sure It's Going To Fail"

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Gang of Six, Bipartisanship, Healthcare Reform, Mike Enzi, Flip-Flop, Politics News

Despite continuing to claim he's working on bipartisan health care reform, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) has been quoted, yet again, condemning the effort. T...

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Lieberman: Without Public Option, Health Reform Would Pass

Connecticut Post | Devon Lash | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Lieberman, Healthcare Debate, Bipartisanship, Public Option, Health Reform, Politics News

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman made it clear Wednesday that he would not vote for a health care bill that included a government-run option, but said that wit...

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Grassley Says Health Care Talks Still On, Fires Back At White House

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Gop, Bipartisanship, Chuck Grassley, Healthcare Reform, David Axelrod, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will deliver a major prime-time health care address to Congress next week, opening an urgent autumn push to ...

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Who Will Be Hurt if the Democrats Pass Health Care Alone

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Public Option, Ronald Reagan, Death Panels, Lyndon B. Johnson, David Brooks, Nazi Policies, Great Society, Socialism, Medicare, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Politics News

If the Democrats pass the health care bill, and are able to do it with a public option, the Republicans will have once again put themselves on the opposing side of groundbreaking legislation.

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Remembering a Fighter for Freedom

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obituary, Aclu, Lobbyists, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Bipartisanship, Frankel, Legislation, Politics News

Larry Frankel spent his professional life as a legislative lobbyist for the ACLU. That means that Larry worked behind the scenes with both "left" and "right" legislators to protect the civil rights.

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Sen. Alexander: There Will Be A "Minor Revolution" If Dems "Ram" A Health Care Overhaul

CNN Political Ticker | Ted Barrett | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lamar Alexander, Health Care Reform, Bipartisanship, Health Care, Tennessee GOP, Politics News

Alexander warned there would be "a minor revolution in this country" if Democrats try to "ram" a health care overhaul using a legislative tool called ...

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Schumer: Idea That Grassley And Enzi Are Negotiating In Good Faith "Pretty Much Gone"

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Bipartisanship, Healthcare Reform, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Politics News

I'm surprised this one passed unnoticed, because it's a pretty stark declaration from a key Dem leader that bipartisanship is dead. A Republican forw...

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In Memoriam: Send Donations To The Basic Rights Of All Americans

Beau Friedlander | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Edward Kennedy, Drug Companies, Single-Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Ted Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Bipartisanship, Politics News

Bipartisan health care reform is an absurdity. Demand that your elected officials pass a strong public option that rivals Ted Kennedy's vision of a single-payer system.

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Ted Kennedy, National Service and the Art of the Deal

Steven Waldman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bipartisanship, Ted Kennedy, National Service, John F. Kennedy, Americorps, Liberals, Peace Corps, Politics News

Far from being an ideologue, Kennedy was invariably the guy going for the deal, as he was during the creation of AmeriCorps.

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Progressive House Leader: Abandon Bipartisanship On Health Bill

The Hill | Jordan Fabian | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Bipartisanship, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Public Option, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

The head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) said on Tuesday that Democratic lawmakers should go it alone to pass healthcare legislation bec...

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Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul

Mark Klempner | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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It's not that I object to critical thinking. We need it. Yet, while we're reminding Obama of his promises and scrutinizing him on his decisions, we need to stand with him.

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Maddow's "Pizza Parable" Demonstrates Futility Of "Bipartisan" Health Care Reform (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Video, Bipartisanship, Rachel Maddow, Politics News

Two people agree that the only prescription for their hunger is to order a pizza. But what happens when one of those people doesn't want pepperoni, d...

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Bipartisan Health Care Reform: Not Likely, Not Necessary

James Moeller | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Bipartisanship, Obama Health Care Plan, Republican Party, Health Care, Health, Barack Obama, Politics News

While there are obvious dangers to abandoning bipartisanship on such a hot-button issue, you have to wonder what took the administration so long.

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Bipartisanship Porn

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

What we've been witnessing during this health care reform process can easily be defined as "bipartisanship porn." It's a display of bipartisanship so obscene and excessive that it borders on perverse.

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The Health Club at the Corner of Chimera and Mirage

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama and Republicans, Public Option, Senate Finance Committee, Charles Grassley, Health Co-Ops, Senate Republicans, Mike Enzi, Democrats, Barack Obama, Senate Democrats, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, Bipartisanship, Chuck Grassley, Republicans, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News

Obama the Developer wants to build a health club. Something classy, that's what he's thinking, with all the latest equipment, and enough room so everyone in town can join.

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