#artisans

Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#above #always #back #bipartisanship #burning

I was never a fan of Barack Obama's bipartisanship routine. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#bipartisanship #fan #i #never #obama

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan. ↗

— Norman Lear

#doubts #lot #nobody #partisanship

The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#forget #golden #greatness #history #march

Ultimately journalism has changed... partisanship is very much a part of journalism now. ↗

— Leslie Moonves

#journalism #much #now #part #partisanship

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?' ↗

— Colin Powell

#bipartisanship #ever #everybody #finally #gee

Rhetorically, President Obama is a champion of bipartisanship. In practice, though, he is almost always its enemy. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#always #bipartisanship #champion #enemy #obama

I'd like to see that bipartisanship come back that we used to have in the House of Representatives, in the Clinton years. I think there's a possibility that the voters are going to send the message that everybody running - Congress, the Senate, the presidency - that they want us to come together. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#bipartisanship #clinton #come #congress #everybody

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other. ↗

— James Harvey Robinson

#curse #duty #everything #great #other

I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship. ↗

— Stephanie Herseth

#compromise #consensus #deliver #help #i