Bipartisanship in Congress?

Glenn Greenwald knows what that means:

http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/greenwald/~3/225921595/index.html


In almost every case, the proposals that are enacted are ones favored by the White House and supported by all GOP lawmakers, and then Democrats split and enough of them join with Republicans to ensure that the GOP gets what it wants. That's "bipartisanhip" in Washington:

To support the new Bush-supported FISA law:

GOP - 48-0

Dems - 12-36

To compel redeployment of troops from Iraq:

GOP - 0-49

Dems - 24-21

To confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General:

GOP - 46-0

Dems - 7-40

To confirm Leslie Southwick as Circuit Court Judge:

GOP - 49-0

Dems - 8-38

Kyl-Lieberman Resolution on Iran:

GOP - 46-2

Dems - 30-20

To condemn MoveOn.org:

GOP - 49-0

Dems - 23-25

The Protect America Act:

GOP - 44-0

Dems - 20-28

Declaring English to be the Government's official language:

GOP - 48-1

Dems - 16-33

The Military Commissions Act:

GOP - 53-0

Dems - 12-34

To renew the Patriot Act:

GOP - 54-0

Dems - 34-10

Cloture Vote on Sam Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court:

GOP - 54-0

Dems - 18-25

Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq:

GOP - 48-1

Dems - 29-22

And just about every time, the one's who crossed over were DLC. There are 22 Senators on the Democratic side who are DLC or deeply in bed with them. as long as we still have those Democrats, all important votes will go this way. All of them.

questioning Mukasey. I was impressed that so many R's weren't cutting him any slack. Maybe with Bushco out of office, the rank and file will be less inclined to blindly and stubbornly march in lock-step. I bet they're tired of it, too.

Take it back. Yes we can !

wimpy Dem's, no backbone, no unity but it really doesn't have the same impact that laying it out visually like the op and the article did. Thanks for posting that! :thumbsup:

this is what he means by reaching across the aisle.