Coon’s case of Bipartisanship Mania isn’t unique, it is just an extremely virulent and debilitating strain. 100% of the DC media and nearly all elected DC Democrats are afflicted.
@sambrodeySchumer on GOP blocking of 1/6 commission: “I hope this is not the beginning of an effort from Senate Republicans to prevent this chamber from debating reasonable, common-sense legislation”
“Beginning”
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It’s always a bizarre message.
The analysis — which was done by the group Way to Win and was provided to me — suggests large TV-ad expenditures on emphasizing bipartisan outreach do not appear to have paid dividends for House Democrats in the 2020 elections.
People are trained to say, “bipartisan is good,” because they’ve had 40 years of TV news and NPR telling them that, but they basically think it’s necessary to get things done, and that what’s stopping things from getting done is “partisanship.”