No Room for Bipartisanship on the Budget

Last week, President Obama offered a spirited defense of his party?s values ? in effect, of the legacy of the New Deal and the Great Society. Immediately thereafter, as always happens when Democrats take a stand, the civility police came out in force. The president, we were told, was being too partisan; he needs to treat his opponents with respect; he should have lunch with them, and work out a consensus.

Paul Krugman

That?s a bad idea. Equally important, it?s an undemocratic idea.

Let?s review the story so far.

Two weeks ago, House Republicans released their big budget proposal, selling it to credulous pundits as a statement of necessity, not ideology ? a document telling America...

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Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/17/no_room_for_bipartisanship_on_the_budget_253965.html

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