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To: Sam who wrote (44571)	12/17/2007 3:04:34 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 540807

I read an article recently (I think in the NYT, or perhaps Newsweek) that was talking about the Republicans in the minority. They said that when they were in the majority, they used to gameplay what the Democrats would do to combat their initiatives. Invariably, one of them said, they had dreamt up far more devious plans than the Democrats. Now, as a minority party, they are putting that gameplaying to "good" use. Yep, I read the same piece and can't recall just where. Which is very much par for the course with me. I would love to be a part of a polity in which bitter partisanship is not part of the everyday fare. However, it now looks as if the Dems go that way, it's unilateral disarmament. Though, as you point out, they are not really armed. Obama may well be smart enough to get around all this. But the Clemons' piece is a bit disturbing on that point. Krugman is Krugman. He has, repeatedly, said that our politics are fundamentally partisan now and the Dems need to learn that. I wish I didn't think he was right.