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| McCain bipartisan 55% of the time, Obama 13% |
| 2008-09-15 |
| Sen. John McCain's record of working with Democrats easily outstrips Sen. Barack Obama's efforts with Republicans, according to an analysis by The Washington Times of their legislative records. Whether looking at bills they have led on or bills they have signed onto, Mr. McCain has reached across the aisle far more frequently and with more members than Mr. Obama since the latter came to the Senate in 2005. In fact, by several measures, Mr. McCain has been more likely to team up with Democrats than with members of his own party. Democrats made up 55 percent of his political partners over the last two Congresses, including on the tough issues of campaign finance and global warming. For Mr. Obama, Republicans were only 13 percent of his co-sponsors during his time in the Senate, and he had his biggest bipartisan successes on noncontroversial measures, such as issuing a postage stamp in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. With calls for change in Washington dominating the campaign, both Mr. Obama, the Democrats' presidential nominee, and Mr. McCain, his Republican opponent, have claimed the mantle of bipartisanship. But since 2005, Mr. McCain has led as chief sponsor of 82 bills, on which he had 120 Democratic co-sponsors out of 220 total, for an average of 55 percent. He worked with Democrats on 50 of his bills, and of those, 37 times Democrats outnumber Republicans as co-sponsors. MORE HERE |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #5 Senator Allard. I believe he puts his morals and what he believes is best for the country first. While I don't agree with it all the time, I respect it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-09-15 23:34 |
| #4 I think that in the old days, a politician of this ilk was called a 'statesman,' in that he put country before party. Other than McCain and Lieberman, name one. I cannot. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-09-15 21:56 |
| #3 Does 'Present' count as bipartisan? [rhetorical question] |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-15 20:38 |
| #2 Dear God I want to see the bloodletting when Sarahcuddah gets turned loose inside the Beltway. I feel certain that will be bipartisan too. (insert very very evil grin here) |
| Posted by: DLR 2008-09-15 18:21 |
| #1 Which is why he is called a RHINO, but it might actually save his bacon this election cycle (with Palin thrown in for the conservatives). |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-09-15 17:45 |