Read more partisanship stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4191/partisanship.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:08:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70655/dem-wont-apologize-for-die-quickly-gag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlorida Rep. Alan Grayson is refusing to apologize for his snarky statement on the House floor that Republicans want Americans to “die quickly.” Last night, Grayson took the floor and declared that he had, after much probing, determined that Republicans had a two part plan: Don’t get sick, and if...http://www.newser.com/story/70655/dem-wont-apologize-for-die-quickly-gag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 11:20:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69960/white-house-throws-weight-into-state-races.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is becoming increasingly assertive in trying to influence state-level elections around the country, the New York Times reports. White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and other top political strategists have made it plain that they're willing to play hardball to strengthen the Democratic ticket where necessary—...http://www.newser.com/story/69960/white-house-throws-weight-into-state-races.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 6:15:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69144/leave-wilson-alone-parker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter Joe Wilson's “you lie” outburst, we may need to add “Joewilsoning” to the lexicon, as in, “ OMG, he Joewilsoned right in the middle of the sermon! ” writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post. Still, the reaction to the outburst seems a wee bit overblown. Wilson is, in normal circumstances,...http://www.newser.com/story/69144/leave-wilson-alone-parker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 9:38:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68641/school-speech-uproar-shows-country-divided.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen George HW Bush gave a televised address to a public school in 1991 and urged schools around the country to show it in class, no one much cared. When President Obama announced plans to do the same, he drew outrage and comparisons to Chairman Mao. That’s America in 2009....http://www.newser.com/story/68641/school-speech-uproar-shows-country-divided.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 12:44:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67935/enough-already-kennedy-was-no-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou wouldn’t know it from the tearful plaudits in the "echo chamber of the mainstream media," but Ted Kennedy was no hero, Howie Carr writes for the Boston Herald . Kennedy was actually a ruthless partisan—he accused Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork of wanting "segregated lunch counters”—and lived a...http://www.newser.com/story/67935/enough-already-kennedy-was-no-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 11:56:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65516/gop-looks-tacky-in-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenate Republicans locked arms against Sonia Sotomayor yesterday … or would have, if they’d bothered to stay for the Judiciary Committee’s vote. Instead, half ducked out, leaving Jeff Sessions to repeat “No by proxy,” over and over, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post . It was an ugly display of...http://www.newser.com/story/65516/gop-looks-tacky-in-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 8:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65311/facing-primary-battle-specter-shifts-leftward.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSince going blue, Arlen Specter voted with Democrats some two-thirds of the time on “Contentious Votes”—defined by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com as “anything that comes up for a floor vote and where the majority of each party splits their votes.” That is, up until Rep. Joe Sestak announced...http://www.newser.com/story/65311/facing-primary-battle-specter-shifts-leftward.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 9:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64379/sotomayors-rope-a-dope-strategy-looks-familiar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Sonia Sotomayor’s question-and-answer session with the Senate Judiciary Committee continues today, the Supreme Court nominee is deploying a familiar strategy, Andrew Cohen writes for CBS News. It's the Rope-a-Dope, much like the one used by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Roberts, and Samuel Alito in their confirmation hearings. Simply put:...http://www.newser.com/story/64379/sotomayors-rope-a-dope-strategy-looks-familiar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 15:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64222/both-parties-will-use-sotomayor-to-push-agendas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNobody expects Sonia Sotomayor to have serious trouble winning confirmation to the Supreme Court; the hearings that start today will be battles for American hearts and minds, with both parties seeing them as an opportunity to position themselves on key issues, the Washington Post reports. Aiming to ignite their base,...http://www.newser.com/story/64222/both-parties-will-use-sotomayor-to-push-agendas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 7:22:47 CDT