On Thursday, February 25, President Barack Obama met with several leaders of both parties for some "bipartisan chatting" prior to the start of the health care summit.
This editorial states that the attempts at bipartisanship were phony because President Obama talked much longer than anyone on the Republican side and often interrupted Republican speakers and didn't allow them to respond to his criticisms. Other Democratic speakers, such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, also interrupted a lot. The author believes that Republicans had many good ideas, but the Democrats were unwilling to listen or compromise. He also believes that anyone who watched the summit on TV will probably agree that the White House made a fool of themselves.
I did not watch the summit on TV, so I can't definitely say that the author is correct here. This editorial sounds like a very strong opinion and was probably written by a Republican. But if what the author said is true, then President Obama and other Democratic leaders sound very arrogant. They claim to want bipartisanship, but the only way to achieve this is to really listen to each other. I feel like that's the only way we're ever going to get anything done in politics.
Click here for the editorial in the Washington Times.
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