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Reactions to the State of the Union: Tear Down the Fences

"We will move forward together or not at all -- for the challenges we face are bigger than party and bigger than politics." Truer words were never spoken. So long as politicians are more concerned with party than with people, our government is doomed to stagnate. Politicians should strive to promote good ideas, regardless...

Reactions to the State of the Union: A Welcome Bipartisan Tone

The one thing that stood out to me was witnessing the Republicans and Democrats sitting side by side, which is a rare occurrence at the State of the Union. The "date night" at the speech set a tone of togetherness even before the speech started. This togetherness was the foundation for President Obama's speech. He stated...

Obama: Problems of 2011 Will Require Bipartisanship

A bloody political year behind him, President Barack Obama kicked off 2011 today with a call for Republicans and Democrats in a newly divided Congress to work together to bolster an economy still on shaky ground. "At the start of 2011, we're still just emerging from a once-in-a-lifetime recession that's taken a terrible...

Food Safety Bill a Rare Moment of Bipartisanship

(Nov. 30) -- The Senate, expecting gridlock on key issues such as tax cuts and arms treaties, had an unusual moment of aisle-crossing today when it passed a hotly debated measure designed to beef up the government's power to issue recalls and monitor safety conditions for food producers. The Food Safety Modernization Act...

Opinion: The Election's Over, but the Fun's Just Beginning

(Nov. 5) -- First things first. This is a post election wrap-up. Not a post-apocalyptic wrap-up. Yeah, the GOP did well. After a change in administrations, the minority party won a bunch of House seats in the following midterm election. Ho hum. Whoop-ti-do. BFD. In itself, this is about as unusual as a piquant odor...

Background on bipartisanship

Bipartisanship is a political situation, usually in the context of a two-party system (e.g. the United States), in which opposing political parties find common ground through compromise.

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