Bickering heights

[steve2470]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/03/bickering.heights.tm/index.html

By DOUGLAS WALLER (TIME magazine writer)
Monday, January 3, 2005 Posted: 12:04 PM EST (1704 GMT)


Think of them as kids squabbling in the backseat on a long car ride. In the case of Congress, there doesn't seem to be much hope that they'll quiet down and cooperate.

Republicans and Democrats can always be expected to bicker, but lately the partisanship on Capitol Hill has become unusually intense. In fact, students of the institution say Congress hasn't been this politically polarized in almost a century.

That doesn't bode well for George W. Bush's ambitious second-term agenda, which includes reforming the federal tax code, partially privatizing Social Security and probably naming at least one Supreme Court Justice.

To make any of that happen, Bush will have to work with the opposition. But he is getting less of a honeymoon from Democrats after winning an election with a clear majority than he did after winning one decided by the Supreme Court. Leaders of both parties mouth the usual platitudes about wanting to work with the other side, but they are not backing it up with action.

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[Kurovski]

1. Copyright: I think you have to clip this down to a paragraph or two.

Good read though. I hope the fight is tooth and nail only because that's the way it's gonna HAVE to be.

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