Bipartisanship is Doomed in the Next Congress

Ed Kilgore, New Republic
In the wake of the most productive lame-duck congressional session in years—the crux of which was a grand bargain between Mitch McConnell and Barack Obama, who until recently seemed as if they could cooperate on absolutely nothing—devotees of bipartisanship have renewed their flagging hopes. These seem to include the president himself, who commented: “If there’s any lesson to draw from these past few weeks, it’s that we’re not doomedto endlessgridlock.” But au contraire: There is every indication that the next two years...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/12/31/bipartisanship_is_doomed_in_the_next_congress_248094.html

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