Word: bipartisanship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enjoy, the conservative weekly Human Events, which bristles with articles critical of the new Administration. "I do not think President Bush's concept of the presidency can work," writes Patrick Buchanan, communications director in the Reagan White House. "Americans care much more about ideas and ideals than about 'bipartisanship' or political peace...
...have a parliamentary system, which is why Presidents are always calling for bipartisanship, President Bush's favorite postelection mantra. But bipartisanship must mean more than Congress always giving in to the President's wishes. "The duty of an opposition," a hoary British political maxim has it, "is to oppose." When the opposition controls an equal branch of Government, opposition is a duty that can be pursued gaily and without remorse...
Scolds complain that the Government is paralyzed, but bipartisanship means more than giving in to the President. The old maxim remains true: The duty of an opposition is to oppose...
...view is that Newt Gingrich is a bomb thrower. A fire-breathing Republican Congressman from Georgia, he is more interested in right-wing grandstanding than in fostering bipartisanship in the House of Representatives...
...fact, they view his combativeness as a potential plus. "Newt probably unites the Democratic Party more than any other single Republican," said House Majority Whip Tony Coelho of California. If Gingrich lives up to his loose-cannon reputation, he could further hinder the President's crusade for congressional bipartisanship. Of course, if Gingrich has his way, there will not be a Democratic majority in the House for long. "Newt wakes up in the morning, and < the first thing he thinks about is how to become the majority party," says Charles Black, a Republican political consultant. Gingrich is hoping the G.O.P...