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(Click for frequent words.) 75 partisan bickering 74 partisanship 69 partisan acrimony 67 partisan squabbling 64 hyper partisanship 64 bitter partisanship 64 partisan sniping 62 partisan gridlock 62 bipartisanship 61 rancor 60 partisan polarization 60 partisan wrangling 60 partisan politics 59 partisan divide 59 partisan squabbles 59 Partisan bickering 59 hyper partisan 59 hyperpartisanship 58 divisiveness 58 petty partisanship 57 bi partisanship 57 acrimony 57 partisan gamesmanship 56 Partisanship 56 bipartisan comity 56 intraparty bickering 55 bitterly partisan 55 hyperpartisan 55 Partisan politics 55 petty bickering 55 partisan divides 53 partisan posturing 53 Partisan rancor 53 partisan finger pointing 53 Partisan wrangling 52 intraparty squabble 52 internecine squabbling 52 bipartisan 51 cynicism 51 uncivil discourse 51 partisan obstructionism 50 partisan 50 intraparty feud 50 gridlock 50 bickering 50 rancorous partisanship 50 civility 49 rabid partisanship 49 ideological polarization 49 Republicans 49 Partisan sniping 49 obstructionism 48 fingerpointing 48 judicial confirmations 48 Bipartisanship 48 shameless demagoguery 48 demagoguery 48 mudslinging 48 politicking 48 mutual distrust 47 finger pointing 47 partisan recriminations 47 ideological rigidity 47 unyielding partisanship 47 Acrimony 47 mean spiritedness 47 legislative logjams 47 contentiousness 47 nonpartisanship 46 corrosive cynicism 46 petty squabbling 46 childish bickering 46 mindless partisanship 46 Democrats 46 factional infighting 46 Partisan gridlock 46 rancorous 46 Republican delaying tactics 46 mutual recrimination 46 poisonous partisanship 46 strident partisanship 46 pettiness 46 nastiness 46 reflexive partisanship 46 backroom wheeling 46 fillibuster 46 rhetoric 45 factional bickering 45 Demcorats 45 Recrimination 45 shrill rhetoric 45 backbiting 45 mutual recriminations 45 rancorous debate 45 repeal ObamaCare 45 ideological brinksmanship 45 antagonisms 45 recriminations 45 animosities 45 collegiality 45 gubernatorial vetoes 45 discord 45 infighting 45 overt partisanship 45 This mindless paralyzing 45 ideological rifts 45 gotcha politics 44 negativism 44 divisive tendencies 44 intraparty battle 44 ideological differences 44 procedural morass 44 filibusters 44 ideological divides 44 bureaucratic bloat 44 soaring oratory 44 petty quarrels 44 mistrust 44 bitterness 44 petty squabbles 44 meanness 44 vitriolic rhetoric 44 overheated rhetoric 44 Reid D Nev 44 entitlement mentality 44 intraparty contests 44 filibuster 44 vitriol 44 Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. 44 Senate 44 Boehner 43 Heated rhetoric 43 polarization 43 political opportunism 43 nationalist rhetoric 43 bipartisanism 43 Majority Leader Frist 43 Bitterness 43 judicial nominations 43 mud slinging 43 celebrification 43 liberal judicial activism 43 antiwar sentiment 43 Wasteful spending 43 GOP 43 Congressman Nussle 43 Demcrats 43 congressional recess 43 snarkiness 43 wasteful spending 43 negativity 43 backroom politicking 43 incivility 43 fiercely partisan 43 maudlin sentimentality 43 protectionist sentiments 43 intraparty squabbling 43 Senate Majority Leader Mitch 43 lame duck session 43 procedural wrangling 43 petty partisan bickering 43 Beltway conventional wisdom 43 partisan witch hunt 43 recrimination 43 sectarian tension 43 filibuster delaying tactic 43 wasteful earmarks 43 hyperbolic rhetoric 43 Jack Abramoff scandal 43 Bork nomination 43 silliness 43 petty politicking 43 reauthorize NCLB 42 intraparty 42 internecine warfare 42 cloture motions 42 Borosage 42 fiscal irresponsibility 42 wussiness 42 malpractice tort reform 42 racial antagonisms 42 intraparty battles 42 nakedly partisan 42 polarized electorate 42 reforming entitlements 42 Rovian tactics 42 antigovernment sentiment 42 grandstanding 42 senate democrats 42 stately Rotunda 42 Democratically controlled 42 protectionist impulses 42 bitter recrimination 42 green gooey slime 42 racial divisiveness 42 bipartisan coalitions 42 Finger pointing 42 catcalls jeers 42 intraparty warfare 42 defeatist rhetoric 42 flip floppery 42 intraparty fights 42 defund Obamacare 42 animosity 42 petty resentments 42 sectionalism 41 accusatory rhetoric 41 controvesy 41 flaring tempers 41 petty rivalries 41 PAYGO rules 41 Lame duck sessions 41 statutory PAYGO 41 constant partisan rancor 41 Congressman Hulshof 41 inflammatory rhetoric 41 bi partisan 41 repealing ObamaCare 41 procedural roadblocks 41 Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings 41 Democratically controlled Congress 41 angst 41 rigidly ideological 41 facetiousness 41 wishy washiness 41 partisan politicking 41 Political expediency 41 circuslike atmosphere 41 incoherence 41 rhetorical barbs 41 midterm election 41 incessant drumbeat 41 self congratulation 41 factionalism 41 Witty repartee 41 shrill voices 41 SCHIP reauthorization 41 sectarian rivalries 41 repeal Obamacare 41 sloganeering 41 factionalisation 41 stalemates 41 antagonism 41 demagoging 41 Banning earmarks 41 lofty rhetoric 41 divisive 41 Bickering 41 judicial nominees 41 sectarian hatreds 41 unpleasantness 41 rhetorical excesses 41 dysfunction 41 Ideological differences 41 snide sarcastic 41 obstructionist tactics 41 boricua style 41 Disclose Act 41 unseemliness 40 partisan fingerpointing 40 Demo crats 40 self righteous indignation 40 Progressive Leftists 40 statesmanship 40 Majority Leader Bill Frist 40 Fingerpointing 40 gamesmanship 40 legal ramifications Urbahn 40 Elena Kagan confirmation hearings 40 dissension 40 Lame Duck Session 40 fundamentally unserious 40 Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi 40 bureaucratic sloth 40 procedural maneuvering 40 Righteous indignation 40 offered angry denouncements 40 factional rifts 40 wasteful earmark 40 bonhomie 40 vituperation 40 disunity 40 paygo rules 40 speechifying 40 Cilizza 40 analyst Harvey Kronberg 40 bureaucratic inefficiencies 40 jingoistic fervor 40 partisan gerrymandering 40 impass 40 MacGuineas 40 ethnic animosities 40 shrillness 40 midterm shellacking 40 pork barrel 40 Potomac Fever 40 greenhouse gasses mirrors 40 ideologically polarized 40 botched prewar intelligence 40 postpartisan 40 birther nonsense 40 ideological divide 40 bare knuckled partisanship 40 Mudslinging 40 distrust 40 unseriousness 40 discourse 40 Leader Mitch McConnell 40 Simmering divisions 40 parochialism 40 congressional bargainers 40 Pawlenty vetoes 40 fear mongering 40 Arlen Specters 40 Filibusters 40 poisonously partisan 40 DISCLOSE Act 40 Paul Ryan R-Wisc. 40 Repub licans 40 birther controversy 40 factional squabbles 40 needless partisanship 40 protectionist sentiment 40 petty grievances 40 partisian 40 Wonkbook 40 Clintonism 40 debate 40 deregulatory agenda 40 selfishness 40 impeaching Cheney 40 tensions 40 Center Aisle Caucus 40 judicial filibusters 40 bureaucratic snarls 39 throe 39 saner heads 39 McCainism 39 Ranking Member Snowe 39 judicial appointments 39 Congresswoman Capps 39 logorrhea 39 Specter defection 39 reasoned discourse 39 ideological dogmatism 39 Messiness 39 rhetorical ruckus 39 yah boo politics 39 Dissension 39 Republican Leader Mitch 39 wasteful duplicative 39 bureaucratic inertia 39 Intraparty 39 Bi partisan 39 protectionist instincts 39 politicization 39 Democratically controlled Legislature 39 Paiva Weed 39 self righteousness 39 cloture votes 39 Ram Setu controversy 39 Grandstanding 39 Bonusgate investigation 39 isolationist tendencies 39 Plame cause celebre 39 doc fix 39 Democratic Caucus 39 squabbling 39 roaring gales 39 glittering generalities 39 Current Occupant 39 Lame Duck session 39 Frist R Tenn 39 filibustering 39 cronyism 39 tension 39 bickerings 39 gratuitous vulgarity 39 Ideologues 39 Divisiveness 39 factional feuding 39 starry eyed idealism 39 diabetes Danesh 39 countercharges 39 castigations 39 cordiality 39 weepiness 39 Low voter turnout 39 leader Mitch McConnell 39 repealing Obamacare 39 Dice K mania 39 mutual mistrust 39 Broun N 39 hostility 39 EJ Dionne Jr. 39 lamented partisan bickering 39 nationalist passions 39 Incivility 39 polemics 39 quarrels 39 hatreds 39 Monthly Steve Benen 39 bitter recriminations 39 wasteful pork 39 overspending overtaxing 39 anti Americanism 39 Vitriol 39 churlishness 39 inefficient bureaucracies 39 Judicial activism 39 weasel wording 39 bitter intraparty 39 mindlessness 39 widespread disaffection 39 Cloture 39 transcend partisan 39 nativist sentiments 39 disagreements 39 rational discourse 39 Daschle DS.D. 39 bumper sticker slogans 39 Thomas R-Calif. 39 transcending partisanship 39 Nancy Cordes reports 39 incendiary rhetoric 39 irrelevancies 39 Representative Doc Hastings 39 childish petulance 39 Cynicism 39 lamer duck 39 ugliness 39 Sen. Harry Reid 39 impasses 39 DeGette Y 39 postelection lame duck 38 birtherism 38 Filibustering 38 unspeakable tragedies 38 hallowed chambers 38 overcriminalization 38 divisively 38 Pettiness 38 Lewinsky affair 38 bloviation 38 comity 38 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 38 SCHUMER Well 38 Giddiness 38 inanity 38 frictions 38 compassionate conservatism 38 Statehouses 38 Aderholt Y 38 Cuss Free Week 38 sectarian violence 38 turf battles 38 deficit hawks 38 Voter ID 38 McCainiacs 38 mindless paralyzing rancor 38 profound irresponsibility 38 defunding ACORN 38 lawmaking 38 budget deficits 38 yawning deficits 38 nonelection 38 factional strife 38 Kabuki dance 38 febrile atmosphere 38 Majority Leader Harry Reid 38 craziness 38 internal dissensions 38 jingoism 38 Chafee Laffey 38 grandstanders 38 Orwellian newspeak 38 Governor Branstad 38 bloated bureaucracies 38 partisan hacks 38 politics 38 vindictiveness 38 brass knuckle politics 38 meaningless platitudes 38 Maviglio 38 defeatism 38 Mukasey confirmation hearings 38 Leader Darrell Steinberg 38 bedlam 38 Capitol Hill 38 overtly partisan 38 bureaucratic lethargy 38 fundamental unfairness 38 creeping socialism 38 fractiousness 38 MITCH MCCONNELL 38 bipartisanship groaned 38 uncomfortable silences 38 suicidal maniacs 38 dissensions 38 sectarian tensions 38 bureaucracy 38 Bittergate 38 Bilbray Y 38 incessant bickering 38 palpable tension 38 Mediscare tactics 38 emotional catharsis 38 porkbarrel spending 38 invective 38 incrementalism 38 dissention 38 bellicosity 38 Speaker Nancy Pelosi 38 Factionalism 38 Sen. Julianne Ortman 38 Daschle Thune 38 DAVID BRODER 38 upstate downstate 38 procedural maneuvers 38 dilatory tactics 38 nominee Kendrick Meek 38 putrid odor 38 WELNA 38 legislative 38 sectarian reprisals 38 mutual incomprehension 38 horsetrading 38 Senate Majority Leader Harry 38 procedural technicalities 38 gimmickry 38 Hyper partisanship 38 populism 38 ideological fervor 38 Voter discontent 38 omnibus spending 38 Extremist ideologies 38 Quinn amendatory veto 38 Congresswoman Berkley 38 Benign neglect 38 squabbles 38 backroom deals 38 Affordability Agenda 38 Nancy Pelosi D Calif 38 Maya MacGuineas president 38 Bonusgate scandal 38 eloquent speeches 38 transcend partisanship 38 Darrel Steinberg 38 populist demagoguery 38 judicial activism 38 Congressman Sensenbrenner 38 Negativity 38 protectionist tendencies 38 Aderholt N 38 blatantly partisan 38 sturm und drang 38 nativism 38 Speaker Naifeh 38 wonkishness 38 sourness 38 Bipartisan 38 midterm elections 38 Disaffection 38 partisan skirmishing 38 impasse 38 Charlie Bass RN.H. 38 profligate spending 38 false equivalence 38 Speaker Shap Smith 38 ERIN NEFF 38 shifted rightward 38 Overheated rhetoric 37 Congresswoman DeGette 37 immoderation 37 voter apathy 37 Joementum 37 Speaker DiMasi 37 demagoguing 37 SHERROD BROWN 37 abject stupidity 37 Bunning filibuster 37 Foleygate 37 sectarian strife 37 interpersonal conflicts 37 Recess appointments 37 rightward lurch 37 Obamaites 37 FBN Gerri Willis 37 Blumenauer Y 37 Hastert R-Ill. 37 ideological claptrap 37 internecine feuding 37 Rethugs 37 Congresswoman Shea Porter 37 obstreperousness 37 S. Broder 37 beaurocracy 37 debates 37 neighbor Phoebe Hoaster 37 disingenuousness 37 Democratsâ € ™ 37 disfunctionality 37 Bilirakis Y 37 philosophic differences 37 false dichotomies 37 intellectual incoherence 37 Easter recess 37 racial gerrymandering 37 Chairman Duf Sundheim 37 senators 37 chubbing 37 incoherency 37 turf wars 37 ballooning deficits 37 conservatives 37 appoint conferees 37 political correctness 37 shout fests 37 PELOSI Well 37 overreach 37 pathological aversion 37 Lingering soreness 37 strife 37 kemcha Way 37 Eric Cantor R-Va. 37 partisan hackery 37 outworn ideas 37 collegial atmosphere 37 Dems 37 ideological zealots 37 verbal missteps 37 faux populism 37 legalized bribery 37 sanctimonious posturing 37 led caminata 37 Speaker Herb Wesson 37 me tooism 37 director Peter Orszag 37 Re publicans 37 tribal animosities 37 Hoyer Murtha 37 Explained Elmendorf 37 Dem ocrats 37 Canciamilla 37 antiestablishment sentiment 37 Representative Jeff Flake 37 downticket races 37 Senator DeMint 37 wimpiness 37 teapartiers 37 city martin spinks 37 immigration reform 37 rhetorical posturing 37 obstructionists 37 Fred Risser D 37 Hobbled Dems eager 37 Senator Nnamani 37 congressional 37 Platitudes 37 Biggert N 37 righteous anger 37 Bi partisanship 37 bureacracy 37 internecine fighting 37 creeping fascism 37 unnecessarily inflames 37 petty sniping 37 discordant voices 37 Bayh 37 Electorally 37 unveiled multitrillion dollar 37 Jeffords defection gave 37 gerrymanders 37 white pith 37 views Rathner 37 internecine strife 37 socialistic tendencies 37 Judge Mpati 37 Obamania 37 refighting 37 Republican 37 David Broder 37 defund ObamaCare 37 emotionally surcharged 37 ethnic cleavages 37 intellectual laziness 37 wealthiest Minnesotans 37 Filibuster 37 John Boehner BAY' 37 Post Dana Milbank 37 fiscal conservatism 37 Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg 37 strifes 37 hyperbole 37 blended Congresses 37 struggled inconclusively 37 Coburn Omnibus 37 dissonance 37 avert shutdown 37 Bilbray N 37 petty feuds 37 sycophancy 37 fevered anticipation 37 sanctimonious hypocrisy 37 colossal blunders 37 Voinovich 37 Mukasey confirmation 37 TRAVIS Water 37 intellectual snobbery 37 Altmire Y 37 Joe Gershtenson director 37 reregulation 37 Majority Leader Hoyer 37 unreality 37 glaring inequity 37 demagogy 37 familial strife 37 monthlong recess looming 37 Trump flirtation 37 idealism 37 pessimism 37 fearmongering 37 salaciousness 37 Gallows humor 37 despondency 37 Nominations Sent 37 Congresswoman Capito 37 nannyism 37 GOP stalling tactics 37 seeming hopelessness 37 enmity 37 Overt racism 37 Frist 37 cloture vote 37 liberals seethed 37 Assemblywoman Scozzafava 37 operative Karl Rove 37 lieutenants Steny Hoyer 37 partisan trench warfare 37 internal strife 37 sectarian animosities 37 Leader Nancy Pelosi 37 patriotism 37 sleaziness 37 John Boehner 37 foolishness 37 hysteria 37 pre buttal 36 overt racism 36 Unanimous consent 36 differing worldviews 36 acrimonies 36 unwieldy coalitions 36 liberals 36 Mitch McConnell R-Ky. 36 nondefense discretionary spending 36 cybersex scandal 36 Obamans 36 Daschle apologizes 36 clubbiness 36 Mediscare 36 rigid ideology 36 beauracracy 36 Chairwoman Diane Tebelius 36 busyness 36 Defund ACORN Act 36 Holtz Eakin 36 testiest 36 Libby commutation 36 lieutenant governor presides 36 nameless unreasoning unjustified 36 emotionalism 36 Bilirakis N 36 cocksureness 36 philosophical differences 36 leftward drift 36 racial undercurrents 36 unabashed patriotism 36 transatlantic rift 36 Eric Cantor R Va 36 sectarian rifts 36 Corker McCaskill 36 Nixonian enemies 36 Resentments 36 Post Dan Balz 36 intellectual dishonesty 36 hardheadedness 36 communal polarization 36 hypocrisy 36 BBC James Coomarasamy 36 judicial overreach 36 moral certitude 36 centrism 36 nonmilitary discretionary 36 slamfest 36 temporized 36 shamnesty 36 Consternation 36 dullness 36 Constitution Supremacy Clause 36 Congressman Kagen 36 ideological obsessions 36 Zaremberg 36 HUME Well 36 restiveness 36 epistemic closure 36 budgetary sleight 36 senatorial courtesy 36 hand wringing 36 gaffe prone Biden 36 idiocracy 36 imperial overreach 36 procedural roadblock 36 Animosity toward 36 defeatist mindset 36 bombast 36 yah boo 36 San Crispino gelateria 36 PROMISES PROMISES Widows 36 lesser evilism 36 fratricidal conflict 36 disquietude 36 TOM OLIPHANT 36 monthslong impasse 36 Charles McC 36 congeniality 36 righteous indignation 36 petty jealousies 36 Brinksmanship 36 dubbed Weeper 36 bureaucratic quagmire 36 Parochialism 36 sanctimony 36 SOTU speech 36 Smear tactics 36 overturn DADT 36 WASHINGTON Urgently 36 bedlam glimmers 36 Marco Rubios 36 ideological straitjacket 36 Partisan 36 resentments 36 GOP'ers 36 posturing 36 KYL Well 36 D Prestonsburg 36 sappiness 36 Leader Harry Reid 36 cognitive dissonance 36 Speaker Chopp 36 voter disaffection 36 Darrel Steinberg D 36 liberalism 36 Coburn R Okla 36 Rob Andrews DN.J. 36 triumphalism 36 isolationism 36 stalemate 36 Obstructionism 36 Fear mongering 36 Republi cans 36 bigotry 36 broadly mocks 36 Minority Leader Harry Reid 36 superlobbyist Jack Abramoff 36 Senate Judiciary Committees 36 Solomonese 36 uncivil 36 deepening quagmire 36 bulletproof pajamas Bunsen 36 Louise Slaughter DN.Y. 36 By Ron Chimelis 36 DFL'ers 36 moral cowardice 36 Repuglican 36 bureaucratic snafus 36 groupism 36 defund NPR 36 decennial redistricting 36 Legislature 36 amicability 36 thumos 36 hatefulness 36 racial resentments 36 cravenness 36 hateful rhetoric 36 timidity 36 Machiavellian machinations 36 liberal orthodoxies 36 bitter infighting 36 RINOs Republicans 36 declinism 36 By Roger Cleaveland 36 Shadegg R Ariz 36 Alex Conant 36 impatience 36 rascality 36 tea partiers clamoring 36 theatrics 36 ethno religious conflicts 36 grandiloquence 36 rampant anti Americanism 36 internecine squabbles 36 DFLers 36 Willful ignorance 36 unreasoning fear 36 legislative session 36 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick 36 swift enactment 36 SEAN HANNITY HOST 36 Chairman Dick Wadhams 36 Protectionist pressures 36 Obamanomics 36 spendthrift ways 36 Rahm Emanuel D Ill 36 Doc Fix 36 Iraq warring sects 36 arrogance 36 Democratically 36 utter shamelessness 36 Harvey Peeler Gaffney 36 bedevilment 36 unprecedented obstructionist tactics 36 Progressive Anthony Pollina 36 Centrism 36 racial polarization 36 dynastic politics 36 W ASHINGTON 36 sectarian divides 36 factional divides 36 nonpartisan redistricting 36 disharmony 36 liberal orthodoxy 36 defensiveness 36 Mea culpas 36 disheartenment 36 recklessness 36 bungling incompetence 36 greed avarice 36 fierce sectarian bloodletting 36 Ruben Navarrette Jr 36 racial inequalities 36 Prosecutor Firings 36 Sen. Warren Limmer 36 sanctimoniousness 36 Emotional outbursts 36 Repuglicans 36 gotcha mentality 36 ideological crusades 36 morass 36 bloodshed 36 Senator Ken Nnamani 36 judicial usurpation 36 payless paydays 36 anxiety 36 nonbudget 36 Whip Jon Kyl 36 GOP Leader Mitch 36 phoniness 36 Tort reform 36 John Cornyn R-Tex. 36 protectionism 36 Senator Domenici 36 mendacity 36 Borking 36 bicameral bipartisan 36 echoed Cafaro 36 inner wonk 36 staff Joshua Bolten 36 Band Aid fixes 36 imperial hubris 36 pressuring Kloppenburg 36 de bate 36 ObamaCare 36 political expediency 36 snitching mentality 36 Repubicans 36 Boehner R 36 dysfunctionalities 36 tepidness 36 Repre sentatives 36 self recrimination 36 trickledown economics 36 Clintoncare 36 crankiness 36 saner voices 36 Repubs 36 entrenched incumbents 36 Leader Dean Skelos 35 backroom dealmaking 35 congressmembers 35 Boxer Fiorina 35 meth epidemic 35 thepolitical 35 rinos 35 quick witted sharp tongued 35 fiscally unsustainable 35 FBN Neil Cavuto 35 tepidly repeated