From: WireTap

In a relatively short period of time the US has gone from having all branches of government controlled by Republicans to the House, Senate, and White House controlled by Democrats.

Saturday Night Live opened this week with a press conference on the stimulus where fake Nancy Pelosi says that the House passed the stimulus because “we won.”

In past sessions of Congress, divisions have plagued the coveted concept of bi-partisanship. President Barack Obama was no different than George W. Bush with his claims of bi-partisan intentions. What was surprising were the matched hopes for bi-partisanship from GOP House members who demanded tax cuts be part of the stimulus package who then voted in unison against the very tax cuts they asked for.

After the House vote a friend tweeted his displeasure:

“not a single Republican vote for stimulus package. Can we quit pretending we need to be bipartisan now and just pass progressive stuff?”

Attempts at bipartisanship coming out of the White House are substantial, including a GOP friendly Super Bowl Party.

“Since becoming president, Obama has met at the White House with congressional leaders, traveled to Capitol Hill for private sessions with House and Senate Republicans and invited a bipartisan group of lawmakers to the executive mansion for cocktails.”
This is a huge shift from the Bush Administration’s efforts, which some argue were phony when he entered the White House.

The outreach has marked a substantial change from the previous administration, but some things still stay the same: the GOP only believes in bi-partisanship when you agree with them.