Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
Do any of you see the unintended irony of a thread decrying the lack of bipartisanship and cooperation in Dc turning into a typical P&R shit slinging contest? If each of you were a US Senator, do you think you would suddenly be filled with a willingness to cooperate?
The problem is not partisanship. It is that we face difficult issues, and diiferent factions see radically different solutions. They are the type of issues that do not lend themselves to compromises. For example, one camp sees AGW as a dire threat, the other sees it as a hoax. One sees our only hope for rescuing the economy as tax cuts, the other sees them as a giveaway to the rich and sees massive tax increases as the way to go.