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Showing posts with label Politics Bipartisanship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics Bipartisanship. Show all posts

Friday, March 02, 2012

Olympia Snowe: Why I’m leaving the Senate - The Washington Post

Olympia Snowe: Why I’m leaving the Senate - The Washington Post: "By Olympia J. Snowe, Published: March 1

Olympia J. Snowe is a Republican senator from Maine.

Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today’s political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.

I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past 17 years in the United States Senate. It was incredibly difficult to decide that I would not seek a fourth term in the Senate." ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/olympia-snowe-why-im-leaving-the-senate/2012/03/01/gIQApGYZlR_story.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop

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Sunday, November 02, 2008

Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio on Oct 31 2008




Yes, dear reader, my extended family is the very essence of bipartisanism. For that matter, so is my extended network of friends and colleagues.

Pictured here is my cousin, Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio.

Photo caption: Senator Joe Biden, who is running as Senator Barack Obama's vice presidential candidate, during a rally at Trent Arena in Kettering on Friday Oct. 31. Teesha McClam photo

Dayton Ohio Dayton Dailey News 2008 Presidential Election

1,600 cheer Biden as he rips McCain, touts Obama

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/10/31/ddn103108bidenweb.html

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By Lynn Hulsey and Jessica Wehrman Staff Writers

Saturday, November 01, 2008

KETTERING — Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden painted a dire picture of the current state of the country, and placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of President George Bush and the Republican who wants to replace him, Sen. John McCain.

Biden, speaking Friday, Oct. 31, at Kettering Fairmont High School's Trent Arena called McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Bush's "economic sidekicks." Biden said there is no doubt that Americans are worse off today than four years ago.

"So the real question," said Biden, "is who is going to make you better off four years from now than you are today? And ladies and gentlemen, that answer is Barack Obama."

Biden drew a crowd of about 1,600 to the arena, which seats 3,600 and can hold 4,500 if people are standing on the floor. The crowd was much smaller than a Monday event at the arena with McCain, which drew an estimated 3,600.

But the smaller crowd didn't quash the enthusiasm of Obama/Biden supporters who attended the event.

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Read the entire article here: Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio

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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Records show McCain more bipartisan

Records show McCain more bipartisan

Stephen Dinan (Contact) Monday, September 15, 2008

ANALYSIS:

Sen. John McCain's record of working with Democrats easily outstrips Sen. Barack Obama's efforts with Republicans, according to an analysis by The Washington Times of their legislative records.

Whether looking at bills they have led on or bills they have signed onto, Mr. McCain has reached across the aisle far more frequently and with more members than Mr. Obama since the latter came to the Senate in 2005.

In fact, by several measures, Mr. McCain has been more likely to team up with Democrats than with members of his own party. Democrats made up 55 percent of his political partners over the last two Congresses, including on the tough issues of campaign finance and global warming. For Mr. Obama, Republicans were only 13 percent of his co-sponsors during his time in the Senate, and he had his biggest bipartisan successes on noncontroversial measures, such as issuing a postage stamp in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks.

With calls for change in Washington dominating the campaign, both Mr. Obama, the Democrats' presidential nominee, and Mr. McCain, his Republican opponent, have claimed the mantle of bipartisanship.

But since 2005, Mr. McCain has led as chief sponsor of 82 bills, on which he had 120 Democratic co-sponsors out of 220 total, for an average of 55 percent. He worked with Democrats on 50 of his bills, and of those, 37 times Democrats outnumber Republicans as co-sponsors.

Mr. Obama, meanwhile, sponsored 120 bills, of which Republicans co-sponsored just 26, and on only five bills did Republicans outnumber Democrats. Mr. Obama gained 522 total Democratic co-sponsors but only 75 Republicans, for an average of 13 percent of his co-sponsors.

An Obama campaign spokesman declined to comment on The Times analysis.

McCain campaign surrogate Sen. Lindsey Graham, though, said the numbers expose a difference between the two candidates.


Read the rest of Stephen Dinan’s analysis here: Records show McCain more bipartisan

http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/15/records-show-mccain-more-bipartisan/

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