Partisanship Is a Worthy Foe in Debate on Stimulus

As our subject this week is Congress and attempts at bipartisanship within this structure, I give you an interestingarticlethat discusses the maneuvering that Obama and the Democrats performed in trying to get the stimulus passed without making to many concessions to the Republicans. It also suggests that the tradition and long history of partisanship in Congress is so deeply embedded that it would be exceedingly difficult to reverse and that the general makeup of the House makes this problematic as well.