“Partisanship is underrated”

More wisdom from Rep. Jeff Flake on the dangers of bipartisanship in this pre-New Hampshire tribute to the ‘Post-Partisan’ Obama.

Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said bipartisanship tends to produce the worst that Washington has to offer — transactional politics where lawmakers scratch one other’s backs without regard to the bigger picture. Pork-barrel spending goes unchallenged because members of both political parties know that by objecting to one project, they jeopardize their own, Flake said.

“Partisanship is underrated. There is a time and place for it, and more time and place than we realize,” he said.

Thanks Hit & Run.

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