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OPINION

Obama Plays 'Gandhian Hardball'

Bipartisanship doesn't work anymore, except as tonal strategy

Feb 16, 09 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama got his stimulus passed, but he couldn’t convince any Republicans to vote for it, and that sent the media fretting. Had the president, as one paper put it, “delivered the post-partisan era” he’d promised? “The man had been in office for eight days,”... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • partisanship • bipartisanship • Republicans

Obama:
I'll Move Fast
on Stimulus

Passage is 'major milestone,' he says in weekly radio address

Feb 14, 09 10:02 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama pledged quick action on the stimulus package after it passed the Senate last night, calling it “a major milestone on our road to recovery,” Reuters reports. “I will sign this legislation into law shortly, and we'll begin making the immediate investments necessary to put people... More »

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partisanship • speech • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • President Obama

analysis

 Blue States Dominate, 
 and Purple Gains Ground 

Dramatic shift in electorate favors liberals: poll

Jan 29, 09 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Blue states are far bluer than red states are red, says a new Gallup poll. Party registrations favor Democrats—they lead by 10 or more percentage points in 29 states and the DC, compared to four states where Republicans dominate—suggesting that Dems can expand on ther gains they made... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • partisanship • Utah • Rhode Island • electorate • red state • blue states • Election 2008 • Gallup poll • swing states • party politics


 Obama 
 to GOP: 
 Turn Off 
 Limbaugh 

Rush isn't helping to 'get things done'

Jan 24, 09 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Meeting with GOP lawmakers to discuss his stimulus plan yesterday, Barack Obama took the opportunity to zing Rush Limbaugh, who said earlier this week that he wasn't one of those conservatives rooting for the new president to succeed, despite their differences. "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and... More »

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radio • talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • Senate Republicans • partisanship • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Obama administration • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 Sun Is Setting on 
 Once-Golden Calif. 

State's progressive approach, and status as beacon for rest of US, falls prey to politics

Nov 12, 08 7:54 PM CST
(Newser) - California may have once been the land of literal and figurative gold, but recent policies have placed it in an unenviable position, Joel Kotkin writes for the American. The state people once flocked to is now hemorrhaging citizens, he writes, and a myopic focus on environmental issues, and the death... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • partisanship • Gavin Newsom • Jerry Brown • housing crisis • green revolution • financial crisis • economic policies

If Not Elected VP, Palin
Hopes to Be a 'Uniter'

GOP candidate aims for more conciliatory role in national politics

Nov 4, 08 4:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin hopes to become a less divisive figure in national politics, assuming she’s not headed to Washington with John McCain, the vice-presidential nominee said after voting today in Alaska, CNN reports. “If there is a role in national politics, it won’t be so much partisan,”... More »

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Alaska • Republican • journalism • partisanship • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate • Wasilla

Two Distinct Americas Emerge on Campaign Trail

Party faithful split on politics but united in distrust

Oct 30, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vastly different crowds appear at the rallies of the candidates who started their campaigns calling for bipartisan unity, a roving New York Times reporter finds. Republican rallygoers shout to a country-pop soundtrack; the Democratic faithful dance to folk and Motown. Flag pins, pompoms, and patriotic songs define GOP gatherings, while... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Democrats • Republican • partisanship • campaign trail • rallies • Election 2008 • campaign rally • Sarah Palin

Pork or Stimulus? Wrangling Sharpens Over 2nd Bailout

Partisan battle lines already being drawn as economic slump appears to worsen

Oct 16, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Congress’ partisan battle over the Wall Street bailout could look amateur compared to what lies ahead, the Los Angeles Times reports, as lawmakers consider a second stimulus package to keep the nation out of a steep recession. Republicans want tax cuts, while Democrats are pushing infrastructure projects and other federal... More »

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Congress • partisanship • recession • tax cuts • pork barrel spending • holiday sales • economic stimulus package • financial crisis

 How the Bailout 
 Talks Broke Down 

Partisanship, an alternative plan undercut consensus

Sep 26, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hopes were high yesterday morning that a deal was imminent for Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s bailout plan, but a surprise GOP revolt at a tense summit with Bush and the presidential candidates scuttled the agreement, and plunged the capital into partisan bickering last night, the New York Times reports.... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Henry Paulson • partisanship • bailout • George W. Bush • bill • financial crisis

Scare Easily? You May Be a Conservative

Study suggests
political leanings
could be hard-wired

Sep 19, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - People who startle more easily at loud noises or frightening images may be more prone to taking conservative political stances, reports the Washington Post. A new study suggests that there may be a biological basis for people's stands on contentious issues, with those who react less strongly to perceived... More »

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politics • genetics • partisanship • psychology • scientific study

Obama's Republican Pal Gets Grief

Appearance in campaign ad costly for Ill. senate colleague

Jul 18, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kirk Dillard is a lot like many Obama supporters. He came to respect and admire Obama, and he appeared in an early primary ad saying so. But the Illinois legislator also happens to be a Republican—and a delegate for John McCain. Now that Obama is the nominee, Dillard’s... More »

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Barack Obama • partisanship • Illinois • bipartisanship • Kirk Dillard • Illinois State Senate

OPINION

50-State Strategy Could
Heal Red/Blue Divide

Why the candidates are doing the right thing

Jul 5, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain each hope to widen the playing field this November, and that could be a good thing for the country, writes Ronald Brownstein for the National Journal. Part of the reason America is so partisan is because it’s politically balkanized. In 2000 and 2004, both... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • partisanship • red state • blue states • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Opinion

Congress Short on Gas, Long
on Gasbags

Capitol Hill can't do much but talk—but
man, is it talking

Jun 26, 08 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s nothing much Congress can do about gas prices, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post, so in an effort to look busy it's doing what it always does—blaming the other party. Yesterday Capital Hill saw no less than 12 events on energy costs, and every last one... More »

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energy • Congress • politics • partisanship • gas prices

Probe Finds Bias in Justice Dept. Hiring

Perceived Democratic ties sank applicants for prestigious programs

Jun 24, 08 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department screened applicants to its internship and recruitment programs for conservative attitudes and credentials, rejecting applicants with liberal-sounding resumes, the Washington Post reports. Today's report by the department’s inspector general details a history of partisan hiring practices beginning in 2002 and concludes that the process "undermined... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • US attorneys scandal • conservative • Patrick Leahy • partisanship • US attorney firings

Opinion

The New Segregation:
This Time
It's Political 

The US is dividing into like-minded enclaves

May 26, 08 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The good news? Apathy is on the decline. The bad news? The new political activism is tearing the country apart, writes Gregory Rodriguez in the Los Angeles Times, with political divides turning into geographic ones, too. The country is segregating itself according to politics, moving to areas full of... More »

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partisanship • segregation • political factions • political activism • gerrymandering

OPINION

How the Left Wing Brought Me Down

Ex-election watchdog nominee details 'poisonous tactics'

May 20, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Controversial civil-rights lawyer Hans von Spakovsky, who last week withdrew from consideration for appointment to the Federal Election Commission, pens a post-mortem of his own candidacy in the Wall Street Journal. Asserting that “character assassination … has become the norm” for conservatives in confirmation battles, von Spakovsky says calling... More »

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ACLU • Ku Klux Klan • partisanship • Nazi • FEC • Hans von Spakovsky

Bush Predicts GOP Victory

Boasts Republicans will keep White House, regain House, Senate, governor majority

Feb 26, 08 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush insisted yesterday to the Republican Governors Association that Americans will elect another Republican to fill his shoes in November, AP reports. "And I don't want the next Republican president to be lonely," Bush said. "And that's why we got to take the House, retake the... More »

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Senate • GOP • House of Representatives • partisanship • Republican Party • governor • Republican Governors Association • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

OPINION

Three Biggest Myths of Election 2008

German observer deconstructs issues obsessing candidates

Jan 29, 08 1:42 PM CST
(Newser) - The riveting US election is beholden to three big story lines, each of which is a myth, writes Der Spiegel’s Gabor Steingart: Washington is broken, lobbyists have too much influence, and partisanship is evil. Candidates keep rehearsing those popular lines—and insisting they have the best bead on change—... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Washington DC • partisanship • lobbyists • presidential candidates • Election 2008

OPINION

GOP Hopefuls Can Agree on Something

Pundits see Clintons uniting Republicans, splintering Democrats

Jan 25, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - A Hillary Clinton presidency is the only thing that makes fractious Republicans “forget their differences and join hands in common purpose,” ex-Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post. It’s not her policies but the specter of a partisan past that means the senator is “... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • partisanship

Stimulus Likely To Be Recipe
for Paralysis

Parties in sync now,
but 'Act 2' sure to be partisan bickering

Jan 23, 08 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Get ready for that glow to wear off: The good feeling on Capitol Hill over a stimulus package will end as soon as the first deal is done, with Republicans and Democrats digging in on various economic cures. The next legislative round, Politico reports, will likely see GOPers fighting to... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • taxes • trade • housing • partisanship • US economy • economic stimulus package • George W. Bush

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