Lanny Davis, special counsel to President Bill Clinton from 1996-1998, believes Obama will overcome the partisan rancor that has dominated Washington politics.
He appears to mean what he says and he says what he means: It is time to take a "time out" from the hyperpartisanship of the last generation, and to begin a new experiment in bipartisan government, getting government back into the solutions business. His is a fact-driven approach to politics that isolates the strident, purist voices of the left and right who demonize those they differ with rather than disagree and debate them.
Maybe so, but this is the guy who kicked reporters off of his campaign bus when their editors endorsed John McCain. Still, his bipartisan spirit might last. I'll give it until February 2009.
Update: On the other hand, expecting a trace of bipartisan spirit to survive until February may be a bit optimistic.
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