Thomas Frank Says Bipartisanship Is a Silly Beltway Obsession

230 students: Thomas Frank says it's not about the parties getting along, it's about someone passing good policies. Bipartisanship is a topic we haven't discussed in class yet. What do you think? Should we expect our leaders to work in a bipartisan fashion, or should the spoils of political power go to the victors?

Frank, by the way, is the author of the book, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" that said Christian conservatives in Kansas aren't voting their economic interests and should be with the Democratic Party.

We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?

Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back.

via Thomas Frank Says Bipartisanship Is a Silly Beltway Obsession - WSJ.com.