"Either they don't know how to operate in a bipartisan way or they don't want to operate in a bipartisan way," he said.

There is that projection again..........

 He is right though.  The Democrats really don't know how to operate in a bipartisan manner properly.  If they did, they would have stopped the negotiations long ago since it was so obvious the Republicans weren't going to budge.  So I'm evaluating this quote as 50% true and 50% projection.  The Democrats clearly don't know HOW to be bipartisan without being total pussies and the Republicans are actually the ones who never wanted to "operate in a bipartisan way."  You have to show the other side that you are capable and comfortable doing it on your own before you expect them to yield any ground to you.  You have to try and make them feel lucky that they get any say in it at all.  Funny enough I actually just finished reading that abortion of an article CNN calls journalism and headed over here.

by marklar1 on 09/01/2009 11:14:18 PM EST