BY FROMA HARROP Barack Obama never guaranteed he would end partisan rancor in Washington. He said he’d try. The assumption was that Republicans might want to work with Democrats to reach shared goals. Passing a stimulus plan to stop the economic freefall would seem an easy place to start. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Although Republicans surely understand the urgency of slapping paddles on the economy’s stopped heart, they would like to go out for a smoke […]
The Disloyal Opposition
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