“I think that’s what voters are looking for. I don’t think that most are looking for somebody that is going to follow the litmus test of one party or another, and never deviate from it. I think they want us to think, and I think they want us to work cooperatively together. So, that’s my pledge to all Alaskans, regardless of whether you are the most conservative Republican or the most liberal Democrat, I’m going to try to find a way that we can find common ground to help the state and to help our country.”
Want to know what the election was about? That’s an authoritative answer.
1) Lisa Murkowski received the votes of about 0.03% of the American public.
2) The overwhelming majority of voters who voted for Democrats in 2006 and 2008 voted for the party in 2010. The overwhelming majority of voters who voted for Republicans in 2006 and 2008 voted for the party in 2010. Number of voters who voted for David Broder’s Everybody Should Get Along and Work Together Party? Zero.
But sure, old man! This election was all about some unremarkable comments this one senator said afterwords. The entire voting public told him so! RUN, LISA, RUN! [WP]
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You know who else just wanted everyone to get along…
Rodney King?
Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks!?
Obama when he based health insurance reform on Repubican proposals?
Ouch!
"Work cooperatively?" "Find common ground?" What we want, asswipe, is for politicians to not be douchebags.
Hey, weren't all the hack pundits in Pareene's Worst 30 supposed to slink away in shame?
Consequences will never be the same.
Amazing — in a few short sentences, Senator Murkowski has managed to piss off all 99 of her colleagues. The Democrats all rolled their eyes at the recollection that she didn't work with them on a damn thing, and the Republicans are thinking she's a backstabbing idiot RINO. So in a weird way I guess she's already bringing people together.
I still think Lizard People give us a better chance at cooperation than that entitled skank that was bequeathed the job by her old man…
Broder is my first nomination to face the Obamacare death panels.
Oh, yes. Another Washington courtier with the "Americans love to straddle the fence" meme. Maybe someday, they'll come to grips with the reality that sometimes people are right and sometimes they are wrong, and though to varying degrees, enough so that rarely is a solution to anything found in a mushy, do-nothing middle.
Who else wants to jump on the "Yea! Worst of Both Worlds!" bandwagon?
BTW, don't get me wrong, Joe Miller was scary as hell, but Murkowski is not a moderate Repubican. She's an honest-to-goodness conservative Republican that just doesn't happen to agree with praising East Germany and arresting journalist.
If Murkowski is a lefty Republican, we're totally fucked.
It seems like all you need to get fitted with a new hymen is an opponent who's even sluttier than you are. The least of two evils is still evil.
I'm guessing Lisa still has her hymen; overwrought screechy Harpy that she is.
And by "help the state and to help our country" she means eliminate Social Security and repealing the recent health care bill right?
What is this acrid yellow liquid raining down on me? Oh, I see, I'm getting "cooperated" on.
Wish I could give you more than one thumbs up.
You thought "trickle down" was just a figure of speech?
work cooperatively together= filibuster
find common ground= lockstep no vote
bipartisan=stand behind Turtle Mitch at the presser and nod your head.
Despite his best effort, David Broder's 11th hour push to be the hackiest hack in hacktown comes up short. Don't worry Dave, you'll always be in the top 10.
Imagine how awful it must be to be pwned by Richard Cohen.
**sigh**
America wants bipartisanship? Yeah, I remember when they used to say stuff like this about Barry, before the narrative changed and everyone decided he was a ideological far-leftist.
Wow, its a good think Lisa Murkowski's parents didn't have the help stuff her in a Mason Jar or we'd never be able to link hands and sing Kumbaya.
I don't know which moldy old cunt is worse, Lisa or David.
The sun comes up over the liberal east coast and goes down over the liberal west coast, but not without passing over the conservative middle. We can all learn from this.
Nuke the middle? It's the bread that makes a sandwich, not the shit in the middle? Middle America == Miserable fucks? TOO MANY LESSONS!!!1!
Save Michian, if you will. We'd like you to at least remember us for our appearance and showing in the 2008 general election where we gave Obama an over 16% margin of victory, a greater percentage of the vote than any state in the Great Lakes save for Obama's homestate, and even more than that hippy paradise called Oregon-Portland.
And.. Your state is shaped like a mitten.
And George Romney was governor of Michigan and is also the father of J. Mittington "Mitt" ""Mittens"" Romney, which could only mean…what, I dunno, I got nothin'.
You know, I thought Ken recycling Thanksgiving recipe posts was taking the easy way out but a "David Broder writes bullshit about bipartisanship" story is good for any time of year. Clip and save boys and girls – with a couple minor edits, this can be used over and over again.
Now, David Broder will tell us about the Panacaea of George W. Bush's Social Security Private Accounts.
Wait, I thought that the Post had announced the winner of their pundit contest. Why is Broder still trying?
Does this mean bye bye Biden, hello Princess Lisa for BHO in 2012 ;>)
She reminds me of Blanche Lincoln. And is just about as useful.
David, she's just not that into you…
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