[hellbender]

"He brings to the table a tremendous wealth of personal experience, and his commitment to bipartisanship is very strong."

"Brings to the table tremendous wealth" would be more like it.

And frankly, I'd like to see more gridlock, rather than more "bipartisan" abominations like McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, "No Child Left Behind," etc.

[Laptop_Ron]

“And frankly, I’d like to see more gridlock, rather than more “bipartisan” abominations like McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, “No Child Left Behind,” etc.”

Thanks for saying this. The best congress is a gridlock Congress. I would prefer that they show up for work at least 5 days a week, argue like hell, get nothing passed (except budgets) and go home. Well, there might be exceptions, but not many.