[dpflanagan]

"We expected some soothing bipartisan balm."

Interesting. Bush did offer a conciliatory tone to Democrats, but Daschle responded by arranging a coup in the Senate so that he could get power back, then immediately embarked upon a mission to stall and/or derail anything that the President wanted to accomplish. After that little episode, I'm shocked that they would expect any further attempts at cooperation/power-sharing.

David Flanagan
Viewpoinjournal.com

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VERY good point.