Why bipartisanship is DOA

[ugonow]

By: Jon Walker Friday May 13, 2011 10:07 am
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This quote from Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell about why Democrats and Republicans should seek a “grand bargain” is one of the most honest and revealing statements about the problem with our political system. Via David Weigel:

"This was the year after the bipartisan agreement between Reagan and O’Neill raised the retirement age for Social Security. I do not exaggerate when I say I was not asked about it a single solitary time. Not once in the course of a whole race. And the reason was that they did it together. When you do something together, the result is that it’s not usable in the election. I think there’s an understanding that if there’s a grand bargain, none of it will be usable in next year’s election."

[ameiko]

Bipartisanship is DOA because the GOP sees a huge bloated government that must be shrunk while Democrats see a government that must be grown and continue to consumer everything else.

Where can you find compromise here? You can't.

[ugonow]

It would explain silly flip flops like I was for a no fly zone before Obama did it,now I am against it.....