Records show McCain more bipartisan

[oldelkhunter]

This just can 't be the messiah is an agent of change ROTFLMAO .

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/15/records-show-mccain-more-bipartisan/


Monday, September 15, 2008

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Sen. John McCain's record of working with Democrats easily outstrips Sen. Barack Obama's efforts with Republicans, according to an analysis by The Washington Times of their legislative records.
Whether looking at bills they have led on or bills they have signed onto, Mr. McCain has reached across the aisle far more frequently and with more members than Mr. Obama since the latter came to the Senate in 2005.
In fact, by several measures, Mr. McCain has been more likely to team up with Democrats than with members of his own party. Democrats made up 55 percent of his political partners over the last two Congresses, including on the tough issues of campaign finance and global warming. For Mr. Obama, Republicans were only 13 percent of his co-sponsors during his time in the Senate, and he had his biggest bipartisan successes on noncontroversial measures, such as issuing a postage stamp in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
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With calls for change in Washington dominating the campaign, both Mr. Obama, the Democrats' presidential nominee, and Mr. McCain, his Republican opponent, have claimed the mantle of bipartisanship.
But since 2005, Mr. McCain has led as chief sponsor of 82 bills, on which he had 120 Democratic co-sponsors out of 220 total, for an average of 55 percent. He worked with Democrats on 50 of his bills, and of those, 37 times Democrats outnumber Republicans as co-sponsors.
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[tsoc]

You aren't going to use facts to establish a point are you? Why not the Obama shuffle,or the Obama smoke and mirrors?
I wish I didn't live in NY at election time,so my vote might actually mean something? I will vote but the Electoral College will have it's way with the non Obama voters.

[RainmakerIII]

Are you kidding me, McCain is not going to work with anybody except who his Lobbyist campaign advisors tell him to. Cheney and Bush will also run govern McCains actions. You need to wake up and look around you..oldelkhunter

[oldelkhunter]

Are you kidding me, McCain is not going to work with anybody except who his Lobbyist campaign advisors tell him to. Cheney and Bush will also run govern McCains actions. You need to wake up and look around you..oldelkhunter

Real Facts dispute what you say. I know your party is trying to make McCain Bush the 3rd term but it's not going to work.

[kybuck20032001]

McCain is, without a doubt someone that works across party lines. That is one of the reasons hard core republicans like me wasn't going to vote for him.
But.....................................
Palin brings us back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!