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what first uh... standing quarters views on bipartisanship in his house majority
leader number two guy in the house
behind a simple osi
here's a guy that often agree with i think that he reaches other problems far
too much if you ask me
uh... but he did some very good points at at uh... gather in georgetown today
that i want to share with you
he said look bipartisanship
is doesn't mean that you write exactly half of every bell republicans
uh... and that if u consider it that way but it's a deeply elitist idea
now that's interesting a white he say that he said look
it's quote it's a deep legally tissue if understood in that context
where the majority
so we have the power and responsibility
the foster bipartisanship
but it takes two to tango
what he's saying is look we want
and if you say hating or the will of the people
that end
uh... have republicans and democrats
do everything fifty fifty in the bills
the people did not elect them fifty-fifty for the people
elected a democratic president overwhelming majority in the house
and a really sizable majority in the senate
is the will of the people that the democrats tried their ideas
have you say instead of doing that order slid down the middle
that isn't really effective bipartisanship and it's elitist because
the same people in power should share the power no matter what the people said
i think it's a reasonably good point actually
and then you said something else to that
treat other thoughts
uh... from he said
this is the conventional wisdom is that bipartisanship is not dead but on life
support debate now is that what happened but who killed but bipartisanship does
not need going out for drinks after the final gavel concept
so anything so what is that it's not having drinks
it's not doing the bill fifty fifty
uh... i know what it is
it means
actually listening to other silenced anywhere mention that in his speech as
well
and let me give you an analogy here an example
it let's say that the untrue speaking the national talk show
it's like that old chat you know but they haven't heard bits of certain
turkey is the biggest there's no other creditors even baked
well let's assume that that's what i have a few ***
delight is the biggest show and there's no other showbiz eventbrite
insulin responsibility we've been given by the american people to present all
once in a planet earth
which we tried to hear it anyway but we have
limited risks right but if we want that
global
had to show that represent all points below what i do
i would have someone on staff like andrew sullivan who i agree with
about half the time and i disagree with half the time but he's a very smart guy
and i wonder what he thinks
and then i would have somebody on the staff like uh... maybe joshua trevino is
a guy we've at blogger other we've had on his conservative i'd don't agree with
him on i would say great majority of the things that we desk discussed but i
think he comes at a farm
uh... a legitimate point of view
he had he doesn't come at it from uh... disingenuous uh... partisan attacks et
cetera and i would listen to
now does that mean that i would let's take a case of josh do the show thirty
percent my opinions and attributes and josh is going
so real bipartisanship is
heloc listen to judge because he might be saying something
that that he has a good point anyway change your opinion on
and listen to enjoy and then listen to progress is those are the only as i have
a lot of course i have other contributors as well on the progress of
side moderate centrist the center
any come up with the best you got back to you listen everybody
of course for the presidency was even more important but it doesn't mean that
you take deposition fifty percent of the time
within twenty five percent of the time
if you really listen and see if they have good points
and it's not
window dressing i wouldn't consider window-dressing because sometimes we
messed up or sometimes is a good point
and enoch change my mind a lot on the show based on good points of the lessons
of me
all right i hadn't thought of that baby blue grass and that back
kidding about that example but
that's the way bipartisan shown work
it's not supposed to be
something where you say
all right let's make a deal
and the deal is i'll give you whatever percentage it is thirty percent
of the bill even though i don't agree with you even though i think it's a
stupid idea
even though i think it's a counterproductive idea
i'll give it to you in the name of bipartisanship
note that is in the right way to handle it at all
so and fatal bombing passing get to that point
i don't think he's there yet
but i think he's getting closer
he's now reached out to the republican house and got nothing for zero votes
they all voted yes
erase after the senators any type of three needed so that's important
but he only got three and
the others are fighting tooth and nail yes they've spent with rush limbaugh he
reached out to republicans to put his cabinet
and now judd gregg that commerce secretary
designate has withdrawn this
he won't play ball
and you can tell from the the press statement that the
of our ministry should put out
reveal your frustration with greg
that gary get to the point where they go up all of these guys are gonna play ball
all right if we're kind of play ball and as we should stop listening to it
yessss is so might come to the white house on our
how unproductive it seems
yes you should still have some people in your cabinet
for republicans to get their point of view hamburg at conservative advisors as
well and moderate centrist advises
and yes progressive advisors to no matter what the press tells you
and then make up your own mine
and be strong about it
say look i've
gotten advice of everybody can here's where
senator gregg can this be a little bit or here's what reload made a point where
we change the plan 'cause it was an interesting gunpoint
uh... or their house republicans or whatever it might be but this is our
final bill
and we're going to get this bill dot
because if people didn't send us your plate patty cakes
we win on a platform of
strange
and the cost of doing that change
a number of bringing