[manic4organic]

And what has “bipartisanship” gotten us? Hmmmm??????

You still haven't answered Jesyca's question.

[itsPatAmerican]

I don't really understand the question. The opposite of bipartisanship is other deadlock or a single party system. The times that a single party has controlled everything haven't really brought us great things--no checks seems to bring us out of control government, and times where we've been deadlocked haven't brought us much to cheer about either. Post the elections of 2000 we haven't had a whole lot of bipartisan action (no child left behind?), so I'd have to reach back to slick willie time. Welfare reform comes to the top of my head.

Can you point to the successes of extreme and divisive partisanship? What does that get us as a nation?