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Jewish World Review Feb. 19, 2009 / 25 Shevat 5769 Betting on bipartisanship By David Broder http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | As far as most of Washington is concerned, Barack Obama's big talk about bipartisanship is kaput. One month into his presidency, many pundits and political analysts have told him to drop it. Get real, they say. It bought you next to nothing on the stimulus bill. Forget the compromising. Look for support where you may actually find it, on the Democratic side of the aisle. In Tuesday's Washington Post, my colleague Richard Cohen urged Obama to muzzle "all the gauzy talk about [banishing] partisanship" and said that "the desire to think that political differences are manufactured and can be sweet-smiled into consensus is touching but unrealistic." In the same day's New York Times, James Morone, a Brown University political scientist, said that American history shows bipartisanship to be a myth. "Kind words and good intentions cannot build a bridge between competing political philosophies," he wrote. Some consider Obama's wooing of Republicans a rookie mistake, a measure of his naivete. Others focus on the Republicans and fault them for obduracy in denying Obama all but three of their votes on the stimulus bill. The critics agree that the effort at bipartisanship should end. I hope Obama isn't listening. It's the worst advice he has received. It starts from a false premise: that the stimulus bill proves the failure of outreach to Republicans. In fact, had Obama not negotiated successfully with Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter and met most of their terms, his bill would have died. This was a success for bipartisanship, not a failure. Morone's history also is false. To prove that bipartisanship has never existed, he has to skip over Harry Truman's success with a Republican Congress on the Marshall Plan, Lyndon Johnson's forging the great civil rights acts with Sen. Everett Dirksen and Rep. Bill McCulloch, and Ronald Reagan's steering his first budget and tax bill through a Democratic House. But the real reason Obama should ignore this advice is that he will need Republican votes to pass the remaining parts of his program. When it comes to energy, regional and commodity interests will inevitably divide the Democrats. They always do. Oil, coal, natural gas and consumer groups will exert their will. If Obama writes off the Republicans in advance, he will end up with a watered-down bill — or nothing. This is even more true when it comes to health care. We saw what happened when the Clintons rebuffed John Chafee and other potential Republican allies; without their help, the Clintons could not even bring a bill to the floor. It will be exquisitely difficult to negotiate changes to a system of vital importance to every family, considering that hospitals, doctors and other providers, and insurers all have huge economic stakes. One of the few breaks Obama can count on is that Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bob Bennett (R-Utah) have collected a growing number of Democrats and Republicans as co-sponsors of an innovative bill. Obama would be foolish to ignore them. The same thing applies to immigration reform. Does anyone really think Obama would be well advised to put that issue before Congress without having a long, serious conversation with his 2008 opponent, John McCain? Even if they reached complete agreement, passage would be a heavy lift. But at least it would have a chance. And think ahead to entitlement reform. Democrats will never tackle Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — and the taxes to finance them — unless, as former Wyoming senator Al Simpson used to say, significant numbers of Republicans agree to "link arms and go over the cliff together." I have not even mentioned issues such as trade, where Obama may look to Republicans to offset protectionist impulses among Democrats. Nor will Obama have an easier time coping with the manifold challenges of the world — Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the rest — without bipartisan support. When he was on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Obama had a close-up view of the productive partnership between Democrat Joe Biden, now the vice president, and Republican Dick Lugar, whichever one of them held the chairman's gavel. Biden and Lugar can help Obama immeasurably. To throw all this away out of frustration with what happened on the stimulus bill would be insane. If the political wise guys can't see that, let's hope the president can. Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. To comment, please click here. Previously: 02/16/09: Just the Start 02/12/09: Biden in the House 02/09/09: The GOP Faces the Blue Wall 02/06/09: A cabinet loss and gain 02/02/09: The votes Obama truly needs 02/02/09: It's no joke to Illinois 01/26/09: Dynasties in decline 01/22/09: Born to build bridges 01/19/09: The call that Bush didn't make 01/15/09: Diplomacy that heals 01/12/09: An early drubbing for Obama 01/09/09: Tales From Longworth 01/05/09: Missing A Few Sages 01/02/09: Illinois Outdoes Itself 12/29/08: The GOP Goes South 12/15/08: Health Reform's Moment 12/11/08: Long Path to a Fall in Illinois 12/08/08: Rescuing a college education 12/04/08: The danger of holdovers 11/31/08: Addressing the States' Dire Straits 11/28/08: Good time for a brainy president 11/24/08: Rising Hope For Fixing Health Care 11/19/08: A Force for Good — but Not at State 11/17/08: GOP has work to do 11/13/08: Obama's good start 11/10/08: Governors Know Best 11/06/08: The Task Ahead 11/03/08: The Amazing Race: I thought 1960 was the best campaign I'd ever cover. But 2008 has that election beat 10/30/08: What We've Learned About McCain 10/27/08: A New England Brawl 10/23/08: Blue Sparks in Red Ohio 10/17/08: Obama's Assurance Policy 10/14/08: Live from the Pennsylvania frontlines 10/12/08: The proposals that could bind Obama 10/09/08: What do we really know about them? 10/06/08: The uplifting debate 10/02/08: Economics Exam in Michigan 09/28/08: McCain out-pointed Obama 09/26/08: Credibility Test for Congress 09/22/08: A debate's high stakes 09/22/08: Down days for McCain 09/15/08: The Next President's Due Bill 09/11/08: GOP celebration and Dem gloom are premature 09/08/08: Can we count on change? 09/03/08: Palin's Learning Curve 09/02/08: How Palin could help 09/02/08: What Happened to the Obama of 2004? 08/26/08: The Women Hit Their Mark 08/25/08: The Joe I know … and what it means for McCain 08/21/08: In N.H., a Deal to Close 08/18/08: Obama's Well-Oiled Machine 08/14/08: Pros and Conventions: Useful Ideas From the Stevensons and Friends 08/11/08: Rivals in Search of Trust 08/07/08: A Way Back to the High Road? 08/04/08: A Slate To Revive The Senate 07/31/08: When Congress Works 07/29/08: Management 101 for Senators 07/24/08: Obama's success abroad was pure luck 07/21/08: Obama's success abroad was pure luck 07/17/08: Governors offer real world wisdom. Obama and McCain would be wise to listen 07/14/08: Foes and allies strive to peg a shifty Obama 07/10/08: Fixing How We Go to War 07/07/08: Decider on the High Court 07/03/08: One Nation No More? Civics Needs a Boost, but Our Identity Endures 06/30/08: Dumbing Down the Presidency 06/26/08: Voting's Neglected Scandal 06/23/08: Why don't we know what makes Obama tick? 06/19/08: Foreign Policy's Best Hope 06/16/08: Perot, Back On the Charts 06/16/08: The Many Gifts of Tim Russert 06/12/08: Why Hillary played the womyn card 06/08/08: Eclipsed by the Adventures of Hillary 06/02/08: Obama in retreat 06/02/08: Reality vs. the Mythmakers 05/29/08: Hamilton Jordan's Message to Obama 05/27/08: Let the Veepstakes Begin 05/19/08: The mental exercise of placing Obama in the Oval Office requires more imagination than did moving Reagan from the silver screen to Pennsylvania Ave. 05/15/08: For Obama, a Lost Moment 05/12/08: The price of delay 05/08/08: Phoniness and inevitability 05/05/08: Winning by destruction: An insider reveals the Hillary game plan 05/01/08: Candidates' high-mindedness is rooted in religiosity; but Hillary and McCain don't have hater as inspiration © 2008, by WPWG

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