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| Bipartisanship to the fore in Congress |
| 2001-09-17 |
Osama bin Laden has done what nobody else has been able to do: bring Republican and Democratic Members of Congress together. Partisans unable to agree on virtually anything up until now promise to give President Bush whatever he needs to eradicate the terrorists who killed thousands of innocent parents, children, siblings, friends and co-workers in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. But while there is bipartisan outrage at last week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, there is likely to be significant fallout, and that fallout will alter the political equation on Capitol Hill. The main question is whether that change will be merely a brief diversion or provide a significantly new dynamic that will have lasting significance, ultimately impacting the 2002 and the 2004 elections. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |