What "bipartisanship" in Washington means (Greenwald)

[Christine Babineau]

To support the new Bush-supported FISA law:

GOP - 48-0

Dems - 12-36

To compel redeployment of troops from Iraq:

GOP - 0-49

Dems - 24-21

To confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General:

GOP - 46-0

Dems - 7-40

To confirm Leslie Southwick as Circuit Court Judge:

GOP - 49-0

Dems - 8-38

Kyl-Lieberman Resolution on Iran:

GOP - 46-2

Dems - 30-20

To condemn MoveOn.org:

GOP - 49-0

Dems - 23-25

The Protect America Act:

GOP - 44-0

Dems - 20-28

Declaring English to be the Government's official language:

GOP - 48-1

Dems - 16-33

The Military Commissions Act:

GOP - 53-0

Dems - 12-34

To renew the Patriot Act:

GOP - 54-0

Dems - 34-10

Cloture Vote on Sam Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court:

GOP - 54-0

Dems - 18-25

Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq:

GOP - 48-1

Dems - 29-22


"Leaving aside how shallow and, shall we say, unserious is this endless chirping for more "bipartisanship" -- as though it's a magic feel-good formula for resolving actual policy differences -- it's hard to imagine how there could possibly be any more "bipartisanship" in Washington even if that were the only goal. Other than formally disbanding as a party -- or granting a permanent proxy of their collective vote to Mitch McConnell -- how could Congressional Democrats possibly be more accommodating than they already are?"



More: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/01/30/bipartisanship/index.html

[TTUBatfan2008]

1. Lockstep...

Holy crap. And these dittoheads try to claim Dems are a cult (Obama's supporters)? Wow.

[cali]

2. the bush era has ended

and that's selective.

[LynneSin]

4. Thank you Cali

:pals:

[Captain Hilts]

5. They gotta learn to suck on being the minority and to like it. nt

[Barack_America]

3. And which numbers are increasing and decreasing?

The total numbers of GOP votes or Democratic votes?

Just something to keep in mind.

But I agree that we should highlight how often Democrats have "crossed the aisle" and how rarely the GOP does. Then let's poll the American people and ask what they think of the "obstructionist" GOP. After that, it's time for popcorn and watching heads explode (and the GOP implode as moderates and conservatives attack one another).