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(Click for frequent words.) 76 partisanship 75 partisan rancor 69 partisan sniping 69 partisan squabbling 68 partisan gridlock 65 partisan politics 65 Partisan bickering 64 hyper partisanship 64 partisan wrangling 63 bitter partisanship 63 bickering 62 partisan acrimony 61 partisan squabbles 60 partisan divide 60 bipartisanship 60 divisiveness 59 petty partisanship 59 petty bickering 58 hyperpartisanship 57 partisan finger pointing 57 Partisan wrangling 57 hyper partisan 56 partisan polarization 56 finger pointing 55 rancor 55 bi partisanship 55 partisan gamesmanship 55 partisan posturing 54 acrimony 54 obstructionism 54 partisan divides 54 gridlock 54 unyielding partisanship 53 mudslinging 53 fingerpointing 53 petty squabbling 53 childish bickering 53 infighting 53 Partisanship 52 uncivil discourse 52 rancorous debate 52 gotcha politics 52 hyperpartisan 52 mindless partisanship 51 bipartisan 51 intraparty squabble 51 Partisan politics 51 ideological brinksmanship 51 partisan 51 Republicans 51 bitterly partisan 50 Partisan sniping 50 ideological polarization 49 demagoguery 49 squabbling 49 politicking 49 bipartisan comity 49 intraparty bickering 48 Democrats 48 Partisan gridlock 48 intraparty contests 48 stalemates 48 rancorous partisanship 47 This mindless paralyzing 47 petty politicking 47 legislative logjams 47 Bipartisanship 47 debate 47 petty partisan bickering 47 lame duck session 47 Finger pointing 47 overheated rhetoric 46 partisan recriminations 46 judicial confirmations 46 intraparty battle 46 partisan obstructionism 46 intraparty feud 46 recriminations 46 mutual recrimination 46 wrangling 46 ideologically polarized 46 internecine squabbling 46 Demo crats 46 poisonous partisanship 46 grandstanding 46 ideological divides 45 polarized electorate 45 civility 45 mud slinging 45 repeal ObamaCare 45 factional infighting 45 petty quarrels 45 bitter infighting 45 factional bickering 45 fundamentally unserious 45 shrill rhetoric 45 Bickering 45 wasteful spending 45 petty squabbles 45 Partisan rancor 45 petty grievances 45 Acrimony 45 Easter recess 45 strident partisanship 45 obstructionists 44 backroom deals 44 gubernatorial vetoes 44 Heated rhetoric 44 senate democrats 44 squabbles 44 Democratically controlled 44 shameless demagoguery 44 vitriolic rhetoric 44 procedural wrangling 44 Ideological differences 44 rhetoric 44 bureaucratic snarls 44 procedural morass 44 fillibuster 44 reauthorize NCLB 44 immigration reform 44 Congressman Hulshof 44 mutual recriminations 44 Democratic Caucus 44 reflexive partisanship 44 bi partisan 44 partisian 44 divisive 44 turf battles 44 demagoging 44 intraparty squabbling 44 weeklong recess 44 GOP 44 Band Aid fixes 43 turf wars 43 Democratically controlled Congress 43 contentiousness 43 Nancy Cordes reports 43 obstructionist tactics 43 needless partisanship 43 backbiting 43 filibustering 43 Lame duck sessions 43 shrill voices 43 nonpartisan redistricting 43 lawmaking 43 Repub licans 43 debates 43 rancorous 43 ideological differences 43 pork barrel 43 WELNA 43 Senate 43 Reid D Nev 43 lamer duck 43 Senate Majority Leader Mitch 43 refighting 42 Speaker Naifeh 42 Center Aisle Caucus 42 legislative 42 fear mongering 42 lamented partisan bickering 42 legislative session 42 repeal Obamacare 42 Paiva Weed 42 cloture motions 42 midterm election 42 Demcorats 42 discord 42 repealing ObamaCare 42 Wasteful spending 42 intraparty warfare 42 impasse 42 partisan politicking 42 negativism 42 poisonously partisan 42 rabid partisanship 42 analyst Stan Collender 42 snide sarcastic 42 pettiness 42 Fingerpointing 42 disagreements 42 politics 42 wasteful earmark 42 bloodshed 42 Congressman Nussle 42 Low voter turnout 42 judicial nominations 42 posturing 42 rigidly ideological 42 FBN Gerri Willis 42 Eric Cantor R Va 42 Kabuki dance 42 Senate Majority Leader Harry 42 beauracracy 42 Repubicans 41 Daschle DS.D. 41 horsetrading 41 obstructionist 41 animosities 41 bureaucratic snafus 41 Republican delaying tactics 41 Democratic Farmer Laborite 41 Tort reform 41 Republican 41 speechifying 41 Recrimination 41 factional feuding 41 Pawlenty vetoes 41 incessant bickering 41 bipartisanism 41 internecine warfare 41 Lame Duck session 41 Banning earmarks 41 sniping 41 factionalism 41 filibusters 41 Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. 41 fiercely partisan 41 intraparty 41 bitter intraparty 41 mean spiritedness 41 filibuster 41 SCHUMER Well 41 Majority Leader Frist 41 yah boo politics 41 partisan witch hunt 41 gamesmanship 41 lofty rhetoric 41 Bi partisanship 41 Boehner 41 Jim Dunnam 41 Re publicans 41 transcend partisan 41 fiscal irresponsibility 41 intraparty battles 41 wasteful earmarks 41 racial antagonisms 41 transcends partisanship 41 Legislature 40 VAN HOLLEN Well 40 internecine fighting 40 SCHIP reauthorization 40 Voter discontent 40 grandstanders 40 political opportunism 40 Dem ocrats 40 incessant drumbeat 40 cronyism 40 Mudslinging 40 backroom politicking 40 procedural roadblocks 40 postelection lame duck 40 stalemate 40 Representative Doc Hastings 40 political expediency 40 decennial redistricting 40 rhetorical ruckus 40 monthslong impasse 40 entitlement mentality 40 soaring oratory 40 congressional bargainers 40 sectarian divides 40 wasteful pork 40 Senate conferees 40 quarrels 40 factional fighting 40 inefficient bureaucracies 40 reasoned discourse 40 Arlen Specters 40 backroom dealmaking 40 Senate Minority Leader 40 bumper sticker slogans 40 bickerings 40 Smear tactics 40 Congressman Kagen 40 nationalist rhetoric 40 incivility 40 nastiness 40 birther nonsense 40 mutual distrust 40 omnibus spending 40 cloture votes 40 Congressman Shays 40 false equivalence 40 Bi partisan 40 Demcrats 40 bipartisan nonpolitical 40 spokesman Austin Shafran 40 mindless paralyzing rancor 40 doc fix 40 DeGette Y 40 petty rivalries 40 Leader Darrell Steinberg 40 Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg 40 outworn ideas 40 polarization 40 SHERROD BROWN 40 divisive tendencies 40 petty sniping 40 intraparty fights 40 silliness 40 procedural maneuvering 40 Bork nomination 40 Maya MacGuineas president 40 unluckier generation 40 Representative Silvestre Reyes 40 bureaucratic bloat 39 Political expediency 39 Earmark reform 39 invective laced 39 shifted rightward 39 negativity 39 restrictionists 39 discourse 39 inflammatory rhetoric 39 Lame Duck Session 39 softwood dispute 39 political 39 dipping crosscourt forehand 39 Ward Connerly referenda 39 constant partisan rancor 39 impass 39 hand wringing 39 ideological rigidity 39 Canciamilla 39 Majority Leader Harry Reid 39 midterm elections 39 accusatory rhetoric 39 demagogues 39 impasses 39 MacGuineas 39 Bonusgate investigation 39 bureaucratic infighting 39 recrimination 39 senators 39 corrosive cynicism 39 quarreling 39 Majority Leader Hoyer 39 antagonisms 39 deficit hawks 39 Filibustering 39 Aderholt Y 39 Sen. Connie Sipes 39 ideological rifts 39 sectarian rivalries 39 sloganeering 39 fractiousness 39 Democratically 39 leader Mitch McConnell 39 PELOSI Well 39 Assm 39 Impeachment proceedings 39 Intraparty 39 stony silence underscoring 39 Broun N 39 ethnic strife 39 partisan skirmishing 39 unwieldy coalitions 39 overcriminalization 39 Recess appointments 39 shout fests 39 Overheated rhetoric 39 thoughtful discussion 39 GOP Leader Mitch 39 lawmakers 39 voter apathy 39 heated debates 39 polemics 39 Marco Rubios 39 jurisdictional disputes 39 Rethugs 39 GOP'ers 39 ideological crusades 39 Redistricting 39 Fred Risser 39 Props aplenty 39 Tea partiers 39 procedural maneuvers 39 VAN HOLLEN 39 Sen. Warren Limmer 39 Filibusters 39 Jeffords defection gave 39 offered angry denouncements 39 judicial filibusters 39 Partisan 39 Stephen Harper Conservatives 39 Minneapolis DFLer 39 Ron Wieck R 39 gerrymanders 39 monthlong recess 39 feuding 39 moderates 39 nonpartisanship 39 Dingell D Mich 39 Darrel Steinberg 39 unsimilar dissimilar 39 squabble 39 lame duck 39 congressional 39 statesmanship 39 liberal judicial activism 39 Congressman Sensenbrenner 39 Squabbling 38 Ram Setu controversy 38 congressional recess 38 trial Sadeddin 38 bureaucratic inertia 38 Bipartisan 38 transcend partisanship 38 struggled inconclusively 38 postpartisan 38 LeVota 38 analyst Harvey Kronberg 38 profound irresponsibility 38 Syrian Emile Lahoud 38 Divisiveness 38 carping 38 ERIN NEFF 38 Herzik 38 defunding ACORN 38 sectarian hatreds 38 Senator Bingaman 38 Ranking Member Snowe 38 veto overrides 38 Blumenauer Y 38 Kelliher DFL Minneapolis 38 downticket races 38 legislating 38 Borosage 38 bitter recriminations 38 wasteful duplicative 38 midterm shellacking 38 successfully filibustered 38 Maya MacGuineas 38 creationist repugs 38 philosophical differences 38 unicameral Legislature 38 cynicism 38 Leo Ribuffo history 38 Grandstanding 38 seemingly intractable conflict 38 hatreds 38 Beltway conventional wisdom 38 Rep. Bruce Dammeier 38 overspending overtaxing 38 partisan hackery 38 taunts jeers 38 parochialism 38 overriding vetoes 38 Mukasey confirmation hearings 38 internal dissensions 38 Biggert N 38 Senator Don Nickles 38 Bilbray Y 38 Lawrence Cafero R 38 tort reform 38 broadly mocks 38 DuHAIME 38 rational discourse 38 Speaker Armond Budish 38 Leader Mitch McConnell 38 bipartisan coalitions 38 Filibuster 38 ethnic animosities 38 Plame cause celebre 38 Emotional outbursts 38 nonbudget 38 catcalls jeers 38 rigid ideology 38 redistricting 38 birther controversy 38 bureaucratic quagmire 38 impeaching Cheney 38 wealthiest Minnesotans 38 Zarelli 38 unnecessarily inflames 38 Rep. Calvin Smyre 38 repealers 38 Senator DeMint 38 Altmire Y 38 Bonusgate scandal 38 Gerald D' Avolio 38 affix blame 38 sectarian rifts 38 Darrel Steinberg D 38 Hobbled Dems eager 38 Congressional appropriators 38 Bomas III 38 Steny Hoyer D Md 38 liberals 38 Stephen Driesler deputy 38 handwringing 38 porkbarrel spending 38 Coburn Omnibus 38 ideological obsessions 38 sectionalism 38 backroom wheeling 38 Sen. Julianne Ortman 38 judicial appointments 38 Schlickeisen 38 lesser evilism 38 COBRA subsidies 38 hyperbolic rhetoric 38 MaryAlice Erickson 38 philosophic differences 38 factional squabbles 38 factional disputes 38 Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi 38 Bilirakis N 38 breeds complacency 38 chubbing 38 Senate Majority Leader 38 celebrification 38 ideological schisms 37 partisan hacks 37 Leader Jim Dunnam 37 fiscal conservatism 37 Rudominer 37 Chafee Laffey 37 upstate downstate 37 Repre sentatives 37 impeaching Sanford 37 factional 37 troop withdrawl 37 entrenched incumbents 37 politicians 37 pork barrell 37 demagoguing 37 Ken Salazar D Colo 37 Anna Aurilio 37 Tim Huelskamp 37 repubs 37 Overt racism 37 Rep Eric Cantor 37 statutory PAYGO 37 glittering generalities 37 quorum busting 37 Speaker Nancy Pelosi 37 extend sincere apologies 37 Hoyer D Md 37 sometimes listened impassively 37 factional squabbling 37 outdated women's liberation 37 foolishness 37 widespread disaffection 37 Election Day 37 legislatively 37 Solomonese 37 sectarian reprisals 37 mistrust 37 congressional reapportionment 37 unelect 37 Wonkbook 37 fratricidal conflict 37 averts shutdown 37 Robin Vos 37 Louise Slaughter DN.Y. 37 Monthly Steve Benen 37 Craddick Ds 37 paygo rules 37 civil strife 37 overcome procedural hurdle 37 belly aching 37 Eliot Shapleigh 37 Harry Reid 37 me tooism 37 whip Roy Blunt 37 bipartisan gerrymander 37 creeping socialism 37 views Rathner 37 defeatist rhetoric 37 defeatist mindset 37 Shadegg R Ariz 37 caviling 37 Democratically controlled Legislature 37 dissention 37 ideological claptrap 37 chairman Ron Margiotta 37 DFLers 37 strategist Darry Sragow 37 Aderholt N 37 stalement 37 Leaguers admittedly 37 Bilirakis Y 37 policywise 37 unseat Craddick 37 tribal animosities 37 monthslong deadlock 37 collegiality 37 Philosophical differences 37 judicial activism 37 resounding repudiation 37 conflicting viewpoints 37 rhetorical barbs 37 reauthorizing SCHIP 37 Majority Leader Bill Frist 37 Tort Reform 37 DFL'ers 37 overreach 37 Democrats caucused 37 Straayer 37 defund Obamacare 37 D Prestonsburg 37 Harper prorogued Parliament 37 Redistricting Subcommittee 37 Iraq warring sects 37 suicidal maniacs 37 nonmilitary discretionary 37 fenced ferociously 37 bicameral bipartisan 37 porkfest 37 Witty repartee 37 ethnically divided Bosnia 37 barney frank 37 fiscally conservative Democrats 37 S. Broder 37 Bilbray N 37 gimmickry 37 #nd Legislative Session 37 inaction 37 Domenici RN.M. 37 partisan fingerpointing 37 Tibshraeny 37 Luke Kenley R 37 TABOR Amendment 37 starry eyed idealism 37 Congresswoman Capps 37 griping 37 Tea Party movement 37 protectionist sentiments 37 partisan gerrymandering 37 warring sects 37 omnibus appropriation 37 collegial atmosphere 37 Representative Jeff Flake 37 redrawing legislative 37 ROVE Well 37 defeatism 37 bureaucratic doublespeak 37 Marilyn Musgrave 37 RENDELL Well 37 Dems 37 Richard DeBolt 37 pointing fingers 37 Senator Snowe 37 colon dash paren 37 ELVING 37 Congressman Doc Hastings 37 Rebublican 37 bloodletting 37 repealing Obamacare 37 Speaker Shap Smith 37 Speaker Bosma 37 GOP stalling tactics 37 statehouse 37 adjourn sine die 37 Voter ID 37 statutory paygo 37 Senator Mitch McConnell 37 eliminationist rhetoric 37 MITCH MCCONNELL 37 Congresswoman Bachmann 37 here Deb Greelis 37 Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings 37 Proroguing Parliament 37 nonconfidence motion 37 spokesman Linden Zakula 37 Judicial activism 37 avert shutdown 37 judicial nominees 37 Obamaā 37 Monserrate expulsion 37 ideological zealots 37 moneyed interests 37 Mediscare 37 hissy fitting 37 Republican Leader Mitch 36 rhetorical crossfire 36 Arpad Vass senior 36 Democratic 36 Sen. Harry Reid 36 wishy washiness 36 Repubs 36 Skills2Compete 36 Larry Cafero 36 Kathy Saltzman DFL 36 BOEHNER Well 36 Confrontationist policies should 36 Elena Kagan confirmation hearings 36 stalling tactics 36 Representative Roy Blunt 36 rhetorical excesses 36 sectarian bloodshed 36 ballooning deficits 36 parasitic bourgeoisie 36 unveiled multitrillion dollar 36 navel gazing 36 Re publican 36 Retransmission consent 36 bitterly polarized 36 Representative JOHN BOEHNER 36 rhetorical posturing 36 botched prewar intelligence 36 Repuglican 36 deliberative process 36 Political junkies 36 politician Saeed Hajjarian 36 Hand wringing 36 crazy cockamamie 36 kemcha Way 36 Margarita Prentice 36 protectionist impulses 36 Lisa Vorderbrueggen covers 36 Congresswoman Capito 36 factional feuds 36 budget deficits 36 Congresscritters 36 IMMIGRATION DEBATE 36 Brian Mulroney Progressive Conservatives 36 lawmkers 36 voter dissatisfaction 36 Sinrud 36 shuttering Guantanamo 36 Republicrats 36 bedlam glimmers 36 health care 36 Speaker Greg Stumbo 36 Chairman Dick Wadhams 36 Senator Wallop 36 liberals seethed 36 internecine strife 36 ideological divide 36 judgeships 36 Congresswoman DeGette 36 openly gay nonincumbent 36 Midterm elections 36 GOP retakes 36 Representative Eric Cantor 36 Fear mongering 36 Sen. Richardville 36 sectarian violence 36 looting carjackings 36 stoked sectarian tensions 36 hateful rhetoric 36 logjam 36 Clintoncare 36 Sen. Darrell Steinberg 36 R.-Va. 36 dissension 36 payless paydays 36 factionalisation 36 kabuki dance 36 Grousing 36 Sen. Joe Zarelli 36 bloated bureaucracies 36 lawlessness prevails 36 Daschle apologizes 36 GOP filibuster 36 whining 36 Thomas Suddes 36 Disaffection 36 Current Occupant 36 teapartiers 36 petty feuds 36 eocnomy 36 Congressman Souder 36 Senate Minority Whip 36 lieutenants Steny Hoyer 36 unwinnable quagmire 36 greatest deliberative 36 internecine feuding 36 Scott Huffmon political 36 internecine battles 36 Mud slinging 36 wrangles 36 RINOs Republicans 36 Quinn amendatory veto 36 swift enactment 36 ideologically driven 36 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick 36 beltway pundits 36 defund ObamaCare 36 NPR David Welna 36 unhappiness Norquist 36 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 36 Sen. Don Nickles 36 Whip Jon Kyl 36 Assemblyman Brian Nestande 36 Licking Countians 36 Chairman Duf Sundheim 36 vague generalities 36 JOBS JOBS JOBS 36 structural imbalance 36 Koziura 36 FBN Neil Cavuto 36 poli tricks 36 dickering 36 Cilizza 36 theatrics 36 Paygo 36 Lame ducks 36 defund NPR 36 Siena pollster 36 Senator Ducheny 36 Majority Leader Steny H. 36 fiscally unsustainable 36 progressives 36 Ben Cardin D Md 36 David Broder 36 Pete Domenici 36 Harry Reid D Nev 36 reforming entitlements 36 reform 36 Chet Edwards 36 Sinn Fein Democratic Unionist 36 polarized 36 superficialities 36 pandering 36 legislators 36 cybersex scandal 36 Norman Ornstein resident 36 postelection session 36 Dick Cranwell 36 maudlin sentimentality 36 Aaberg suicide 36 intolerant fearmongers spreading 36 DEFICIT REDUCTION CBO 36 bureaucratic lethargy 36 clan warfare 36 sectarian 36 earmark laden 36 internecine rivalries 36 appropriators 36 grousing 36 disunity 36 CORDES 36 LiCalzi 36 rejects partisan gridlock 36 Warnstadt 36 legal wrangling 36 centrists 36 Napolitano vetoes 36 antiestablishment sentiment 36 Republi cans 36 Rep. Canessa 36 doomsday rhetoric 36 invoking cloture 36 WRDA bill 36 Reps. Steny Hoyer 36 Democrat 36 Frist R Tenn 36 deregulatory agenda 36 Obamans 36 Don Lehe 36 overtly partisan 36 nonpresidential election 36 Bratara called 36 Boss Tweed blush 36 nondefense discretionary spending 36 Jeff Flake R Ariz 36 Intense thunderstorms 36 spokesman Rodell Mollineau 36 mystery Skorik 36 factional rivalries 36 Repeated postponements 36 Congressman Yarmuth 36 Rovian tactics 36 incrementalism 36 irrelevancies 36 conservatives 36 Lawmaking 36 Angelyn Frazer 36 deeply divided 36 Lebanon feuding factions 36 galaxies juxtaposed 36 governing Progressive Conservatives 36 bureaucratic ineptitude 36 Governor Branstad 36 false dichotomies 36 haggling 36 Ideologues 36 Senate Majority Leader 36 Bill Frist R Tenn 36 Majority Leader Ronald Canestrari 36 Giddiness 36 Speaker DeLeo 36 Congressman Pallone 36 language Amurdag gets 36 Recriminations 36 factional rifts 36 true Dwight Damman 36 saner voices 36 overpromising 36 unattended technicality 36 Jack Layton NDP 36 Congressman Kucinich 36 Coburn R Okla 36 Capitol Hill 36 blended Congresses 36 Curt Bramble R 36 CORNYN Well 36 profligate spending 36 McCaskill Corker 36 launched furious counterassault 36 Speaker Herb Wesson 36 Tea Party adherents 36 rabidly partisan 36 saner heads 36 Uplifting appeals 36 Pete Hershberger 36 Partisan disagreements 36 Tony Sertich DFL Chisholm 36 slanging matches 36 bureaucracy 36 meaningless platitudes 36 Sharyl Attkisson reports 36 skirmishing 36 Volgy 36 operative Karl Rove 36 populism 36 ideological overreach 36 Justice Priscilla Owen 36 Radogno 36 Eileen Claussen president 36 Erik Paulsen R 36 differing worldviews 36 unpartisan 36 Wolsborn 36 Minority Leader Harry Reid 36 sectarian tension 36 internecine squabbles 36 ideological dogmatism 36 Sotomayor confirmation hearings 35 fearmongering 35 inner wonk 35 uncivil 35 premature triumphalism 35 expiring Kyoto Protocol 35 Hoyer Murtha 35 Speaker Pelosi 35 Congresswoman Dina Titus 35 intransigence 35 Mike Vasilinda tells 35 ticket splitters 35 LEDAC 35 spokesman Paul Sloca 35 trickledown economics 35 seemingly unbridgeable differences 35 Dunstan McNichol covers 35 Progressive Anthony Pollina 35 monied interests 35 congressional earmarks 35 ZZFNV 35 graft cronyism 35 Bernard Schaber 35 segregationist Dixiecrat 35 Unanimous consent 35 Chris Steineger 35 Repuglicans 35 antigovernment sentiment 35 tepidly repeated 35 Propositions 1A 1F 35 conservative ideologue 35 clerk Bob Balink 35 Nebraska unicameral 35 ALBANY NY AP/# WINS 35 uniter 35 scapegoating 35 HUME Well 35 Nominations Sent 35 oust Craddick 35 shoutfests 35 Janice Schakowsky 35 Senator Domenici 35 Insure Missouri 35 noble Autobots 35 congresscritters 35 filibuster delaying tactic 35 Klobuchar D Minn 35 Nancy Pelosi D Calif 35 newcomer Ned Lamont 35 pork barreling 35 illegal immigration 35 partisan trench warfare 35 nakedly partisan 35 Dave Wanzenried 35 Kumar P. Barve 35 Insurgent violence 35 bipartisan bicameral 35 Calvin Smyre 35 Rep. Hans Dunshee 35 indirect barb 35 Sal Esquivel 35 brinksmanship 35 greenhouse gasses mirrors 35 Cantwell McGavick 35 statists 35 Kent Redfield political