Word: bipartisanship
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...Daschle, (D-S.D.) maintained Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" that he does not plan to use the next two weeks to steamroll legislation, but rather to provide the GOP with "a good example" of cooperation. "We want to show what you can really do with bipartisanship." That appeal for teamwork, of course, may disintegrate quickly with the introduction of President-elect Bush's $1.3 trillion tax cut plan, or as the more contentious Cabinet nominations make their way to the Hill...
...Bush has all-but-promised to tip his hat to bipartisanship; and thus must find at least one Democrat before he fills the rest - Transportation, Labor, Education, Interior, Veterans and Energy, UN Representative and the Office of the US Trade Representative. But hardly anyone expects him to find more than...
...over just about anything that happens in 2001. Aggrievement is a handy political tool, of course, and some of it no doubt is being manufactured by politicians who would love to see Bush fail so they could pick up seats in 2002. But even as lawmakers speak publicly of bipartisanship and healing, they speak privately of the deep pessimism that has settled over Washington. One hears it not simply from liberals but also from moderates in both parties who had been bullish about Bush's chance for success. "I'm in the realism category now," says Representative Charles Stenholm...
...them. Republicans hold a six-seat majority in the House, and the Senate is numerically deadlocked, with Vice President-elect Richard L. Cheney slated to be the tiebreaker. Veterans within the Republican Party are pushing for a change in the dynamics of leadership, hoping to balance the need for bipartisanship with the political desire for a conservative legislative agenda...
...DELAY With D-day getting ever closer, he may yet get to be kingmaker. Bipartisanship is so last week...