and the MSM's narrative is just the opposite... Go figure... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203946904574301103588765812.html
>>> Mr. Baucus is not the only one. Other Democratic pols, especially those >>> from the more conservative states, do not relish the prospect of being on >>> the hook for a health-care package that even the Congressional Budget >>> Office says will raise health costs rather than lower them. Nor do they >>> appreciate the ads the president is now running in their states via the >>> Democratic National Committee. These ads target moderate Democrats in an >>> effort to pressure them into passing the president’s health-care proposal >>> quickly. Back when George W. Bush was in the Oval Office, the press routinely characterized almost everything he and the GOP Congress did as partisan. While it’s true that some parts of his agenda were passed on a purely partisan basis—most notably, the 2003 tax cuts pushed through the Senate with the deciding vote cast by Vice President Dick Cheney— this was the exception rather than the rule. In fact, many of the most far-reaching bills pushed by President Bush—the Patriot Act, the war- funding bills, No Child Left Behind, the Medicare drug benefit, etc.— were in the end passed with a healthy number of Democratic votes. In itself, of course, there’s nothing inherently wrong with opting to forgo bipartisanship support for the sake of getting your ideas through. That, however, is not what Candidate Obama promised. And just think how the debate would change if the press were to begin describing Mr. Obama in a way that seems reserved for Republicans: a highly partisan president pursuing a narrow partisan agenda. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
