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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1280446)	11/24/2020 8:24:58 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By pocotrader Respond to of 1573096

Do you remember Hillary losing to Obama cuz she voted for war, or Kerry voting for war before he didn't? = What can President Obama learn from President Bush’s bipartisan successes? Conventional wisdom says the tenure of President George W. Bush was dominated by partisanship. There were deep partisan splits over the war in Iraq, enhanced interrogation, wiretapping, the 2003 tax cuts, and Social Security reform. This conventional wisdom ignores significant bipartisan legislative accomplishments led by President Bush. I will focus on domestic policy accomplishments. Each of the following major laws was enacted on a bipartisan vote: The 2001 tax cuts; the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001-2; the 2002 extension of Trade Promotion Authority; the 2003 medicare law; the 2005 energy law focused on electricity; the 2006 pension reform law; the 2007 energy law focused on fuel; the 2008 stimulus law; the 2008 housing reform law; andthe 2008 TARP law. President Bush also reached across party lines to reform immigration law. His bipartisan outreach on this issue was successful, but the legislation failed due to opposition from both wings. In that effort President Bush’s team negotiated with a broad group in the Senate, led by Senator Kennedy on the left and Senator Kyl on the right. President Bush’s attempts deeply split his own party, yet he persisted until it became apparent there was not a 60 vote coalition to succeed. I imagine some readers are skeptical of the above list so, once again, I’m going to show you some pictures. I’m going to show you a lot of pictures. I want to hammer home the Bush-bipartisan success point. I will then try to draw some lessons for Team Obama. keithhennessey.com