bipartisanship

For seven years, when Democrats were in the minority, there was nary a peep from the "punditocracy" about bipartisanship, despite strict party-line votes specifically designed so that Democrats would not cross over. Yet since the Democrats won the Congress in 2006, there has been a nonstop keening from the political establishment to stop the partisan bickering. This new obsession about bipartisanship, which blames both parties equally for the sins of one, comes at the moment of progressive ascension. more »