Washington Times: McCain, not Obama, is the bi-partisan one
An investigation by the Washington Times has revealed that the record of Republican presidential nominee John McCain is more bi-partisan than that of his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama.
Not only that, but it isn't even close.
Obama is running as a "healer." His extreme position as the most liberal member of the Senate, with one of the most partisan voting records in that body, has always cast doubt on that self-characterization- a description which I've always believed far more accurately describes McCain, whose habit of reaching across the aisle in cooperation with Democratic collegues is legendary enough to have made him famously unpopular with his party's own right wing. And the record proves me right.
Obama, of course, is a card-carrying member of his party's left wing. Of course, there are very few Democrats who aren't (though admittedly there are admittedly a few- Sam Nunn comes to mind- who form a sort of vestigal center). More try to cultivate an image of toughness and realism especially in foreign policy that their voting records and positions just don't verify.
The absence of a McCain faction among the Democrats speaks eloquently.
Healer, indeed.
HT: Drudge
Not only that, but it isn't even close.
Obama is running as a "healer." His extreme position as the most liberal member of the Senate, with one of the most partisan voting records in that body, has always cast doubt on that self-characterization- a description which I've always believed far more accurately describes McCain, whose habit of reaching across the aisle in cooperation with Democratic collegues is legendary enough to have made him famously unpopular with his party's own right wing. And the record proves me right.
Obama, of course, is a card-carrying member of his party's left wing. Of course, there are very few Democrats who aren't (though admittedly there are admittedly a few- Sam Nunn comes to mind- who form a sort of vestigal center). More try to cultivate an image of toughness and realism especially in foreign policy that their voting records and positions just don't verify.
The absence of a McCain faction among the Democrats speaks eloquently.
Healer, indeed.
HT: Drudge
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