bipartisanship

So much energy has been spent berating the idea of bipartisanship , in fact, that no one has stopped to ask what Obama means by it.

With such a man let loose in the Senate, there was no hope of bipartisanship.

Even where the parties do share broad aims in foreign policy, the gloss of bipartisanship tends to dissolve on closer scrutiny.

He brings moderation and an actual record of bipartisanship to a party and a primary electorate that seems interested in neither.

Even a president who had worked hard at bipartisanship might have been undone by these divisions.

He had a reputation for pragmatic bipartisanship and principled opposition to the excesses of the Bush administration.

After attacking his own deal and expressing contempt for the other side, he switched to telling Democrats to embrace bipartisanship.

Can Mr Bush do anything to deliver on the promises of bipartisanship that he made on November 8th?

And without ratification, we risk undoing decades of American leadership on nuclear security, and decades of bipartisanship on this issue.

Over the next few months everything will depend on the delicate politics of bipartisanship.

In the event, Mr Obama appeared to make some progress on bipartisanship.

But they at least both recognized the need for bipartisanship.

All right, so meanwhile, the Republicans are accusing the president of paying "lip service to bipartisanship in the health care battle" .

But his bipartisanship has been mostly of the George Bush variety: he is quite happy for his opponents to endorse his policies.

Mr Bush may even be able to extend this fashion for bipartisanship to foreign leaders.

But that was when the ideologies of the parties overlapped in the middle and made bipartisanship easier.

Governor Palin has the record of reform and bipartisanship that others can only speak of.

Bipartisanship, they said, is more than inviting your opponents round for coffee and a chat.

Not a single Republican went along. Despite the missing bipartisanship , Obama praised the House action as a step forward.

Instead of becoming a beacon of bipartisanship, however, Nafta is the latest whipping boy for the anti-globalization crowd.

The dream of bipartisanship , in other words, was always just that.

BARACK OBAMA hosts a summit with congressional leaders, amidst much talk of bipartisanship.

If they do manage to make recommendations, this will represent more real bipartisanship than has been on offer lately.

So who pays the price for this unfortunate bipartisanship?

At first sight, the usual post-election promises of co-operation and bipartisanship clash with the reality of bitter political division.

This bipartisanship may give him leeway to set a new course.

That kind of bipartisanship is highly unlikely this time.

This is no triumph of Republican-Democrat bipartisanship.

America has a tradition of bipartisanship in foreign policy.

Mr Bush's best chance of bipartisanship may lie in immigration reform.

It can thus have no more than ten Democrats, and has to approve its recommendations by 14 votes, making bipartisanship a must.

That pledge of bipartisanship may not survive.

With Democrats seeking retreat from Iraq, bipartisanship is in short supply in America just now.

The need for bipartisanship has been obviated.

I love the idea of bipartisanship.

You have often said that bipartisanship is extraordinarily important overall, and in the stimulus package.

He is conservative but also practical, and no stranger to bipartisanship.

He isconservative but also practical, and no stranger to bipartisanship.