Remember, Republicans think bipartisanship is date rape.
What Atrios said:
I actually hope every Republican votes against the stimulus package,
and I hope that instead of trying to please them the Obama team comes
up with what they think the right package will be. The Republicans
should lay out a competing vision, which won't pass because they aren't
in charge. Then, 2 and 4 years from now voters can judge the results
and if they aren't pretty they'll know who to blame and decide that the
competing vision would have been a better one.
With bipartisanship you'll not only get a compromise that sucks, when it's time to throw the bums out no one will be quite sure which party should be blamed. Then what new candidates do is just run against some generic "Washington."
Democrats have the presidency and big majorities. Instead of hiding behind the spread-the-blame-around tactic, they should announce their vision and run with it.
With bipartisanship you'll not only get a compromise that sucks, when it's time to throw the bums out no one will be quite sure which party should be blamed. Then what new candidates do is just run against some generic "Washington."
Democrats have the presidency and big majorities. Instead of hiding behind the spread-the-blame-around tactic, they should announce their vision and run with it.
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