Posts Tagged ‘bipartisanship’

That underwhelming sense of bipartisanship

July 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Barack Obama made a huge deal out of ending partisanship in DC. He then pretty much slammed the door shut once he was elected. Democrats got all the positions of power. When Nancy Pelosi moved to squelch any chance of open, public debate on any issue, Obama was dutifully silent. Yesterday we got a perfect [...]

Bipartisanship and Medicaid

February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package.  I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way.  As such, I was interested in the numbers.  However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at.  In essence, [...]

That spirit of bipartisanship

January 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment

During Obama’s campaign for the White House, he preached endlessly about bipartisanship.  As with the rest of his message of “change”, people, and especially media, bought it hook, line, and sinker: You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that’s consumed Washington; to end the political strategy that’s [...]

Nancy Pelosi on bipartisanship

October 28th, 2008 | No Comments

Realizing that her very public message that Democrats never had anything to do with the finance meltdown regardless of the fact their legislation and policies OBVIOUSLY caused it to the point even Bill Clinton personally accepted some blame, Nancy’s got a new gig: “Elect us, hold us accountable, and make a judgment and then go [...]