Hope for Cross-Aisle Cooperation
First reaction: Great. It’s about time.
President Obama and congressional leaders emerged from a rare bipartisan meeting on Tuesday pledging to work together on a range of issues, including a job-creation bill that lawmakers hope to pass this month, along with longer-term goals related to health care, trade and energy.
… The jobs bill represents an important test of whether the thaw in relations between the two parties is real. Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), both of whom walked away from health-care talks last year, have been heavily involved in drafting the legislation.
Second reaction: I’ll believe this “thaw in relations … is real” if the jobs bill passes the Senate with more than one Republican supporting it. And I’ll believe it’s sustainable if the same thing happens on health care reform.
Excuse the cynicism, but I’m from the “Show Me” State.
4 Responses to “Hope for Cross-Aisle Cooperation”
And the Easter Bunny lays golden eggs. I hope it's real, but even if they are faking it, maybe some true cooperation could result. Practice makes perfect.
Why was it when I read the title to this article, the first thing that flashed in my mind was the famous scene repeated often in the Peanuts comic strip where Lucy promises [again] that 'this time I won't take away the footbal Charlie Brown” when he goes once again to foolishly try the punt.
I can hear Obama saying it now, “Good grief!”
There they go again. Support the troop increase if there is a quid pro quo with the House for Healthcare votes; Give those peasants their jobs quid pro quo for healthcare votes. America is so tired of this crap.
King George III (I-Harry Reid, I-Nancy Pelosi, and I-Barrack Obama). The pendulum is going to swing back and this time, the democrats necks are getting cut by it. Screw with the American taxpayer and things are bound to get ugly.
Good one, except O may be playing the Lucy part (AAUGH).