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March 7th, 2008 at 10:29pm Geoff
Confronting the assertion that Sen. Obama is a trans-partisan, aisle-crossing uniter, Charles Krauthammer writes today that it is, in actuality, Sen. McCain who is the candidate that has crossed the aisle to create bi-partisan solutions to the nation’s pressing challenges, whether you have agreed with these solutions or not:
On the difficult compromises that required the political courage to challenge one’s own political constituency, Obama flinched: the “gang of 14” compromise on judicial appointments, the immigration compromise to which Obama tried to append union-backed killer amendments, and, just last month, the compromise on warrantless eavesdropping that garnered 68 votes in the Senate. But not Obama’s.
Who, in fact, supported all of these bipartisan deals, was a central player in two of them, and brokered the even more notorious McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform? John McCain, of course.
Yes, John McCain — intemperate and rough-edged, of sharp elbows and even sharper tongue. Turns out that uniting is not a matter of rhetoric or manner, but of character and courage.
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2 Comments
1. Matt DiBari (Mattpat11) | March 8th, 2008 at 12:07 am
The only reason people think Barack Obama is trans-partisan is because its one of his talking points. Nothing he’s actually done seems to support that.
2. Sarah | March 8th, 2008 at 7:12 am
In Indiana we KNOW that it was our Senior Senator Dick Lugar who LED the efforts to secure loose nukes around the world. And we recognize the difference between seizing common ground and forging it.