Remember how President Barack Obama was going to listen to all sides and work in a bipartisan matter to “Renew America”? Yeah, well, as Jim Geraghty of National Review says, all of Obama’s promises have expiration dates. All of them.
During a morning meeting with congressional leaders from both parties, President Obama acknowledged the philosophical differences between his stimulus package and the Republican plan – but, sources familiar with the conversation said, Obama then noted: “I won.”…
But perhaps taking a cue from Obama’s “I won” line when Democrats were asked if they were concerned about Republicans blocking the package, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had a swift one-word answer: “No.”
That’s in addition to Nancy Pelosi’s earlier remarks saying that Democrats were writing the legislation and driving it because they won the election. Which is fine and all, but then don’t go around saying that you’re going to act in a bipartisan manner. Shutting out input from the other side with a simply “I won, you lost” isn’t working with the other side — it’s Washington’s partisanship as usual. And that’s something that Obama & Co. promised to “change” when it was seeking votes.
by Stephan Tawney on Fri, Jan 23, 2009