Bipartisanship

June 20th, 2008

Glenn Greenwald at Salon: What Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Fred Hiatt mean by “bipartisanship”

But this absurd praise underscores what the Washington power structure means when they speak of “bipartisanship” — it means having the Republican Party demand something, and then having enough Democrats agree to it to ensure it passes in essentially undiluted form.

That’s exactly what is going to happen with this latest FISA “compromise.” Republicans will be virtually unanimous in their support of it, while the Democratic caucus will split and enough of them will join with their Republican colleagues to make sure it passes. “Bipartisan compromise” means that Democrats comply with GOP demands.

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