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CNN reports that the GOP is back up to its old tricks, obstructing Obama and rejecting his efforts at bipartisanship and then accusing him of not being bipartisan. That's rather like a man throwing a drowning person a flotation device, the drowning victim pushing it away and then accusing his would-be savior of letting him drown. It's not a very compelling argument - and according to polls, the American people are not buying it. They know who the real foes of bipartisanship are despite the dissemination of propaganda both by the media and by the Republican Party:

Top Republican lawmakers Sunday called on President Obama to change his political strategy, arguing that the passage of a massive stimulus bill on a party-line vote showed he has failed to deliver the "change" he promised.
Sen. John McCain says the Obama administration is off to a "bad beginning."

Sen. John McCain says the Obama administration is off to a "bad beginning."
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"If this is going to be bipartisanship, the country's screwed," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, told ABC's "This Week." "I know bipartisanship when I see it."

Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said Obama was off to "a bad beginning," out of step with the vow of bipartisanship both men made after Obama beat out the Republican presidential nominee for the White House in November.

As White House press secretary Robert Gibbs "I think what you saw from this president was an unprecedented effort to reach out to Republicans. Not just in meetings at the White House, but you had the president drive up to Capitol Hill to meet with Republicans where they work."
Reuters is reporting that "President Barack Obama will sign the $787 billion economic stimulus bill on Tuesday in Denver, a White House official said on Saturday."