A Question About Bipartisanship

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| Wed Feb. 4, 2009 1:35 PM PST | Scheduled to publish Wed Feb. 4, 2009 1:35 PM PST

If you can't buy a vote on the stimulus package by giving a guy a cabinet secretaryship, how can you do it? And is this a sign that no matter how Obama reaches out to congressional Republicans, they are going to oppose him in order to make him and his promises of a new bipartisan era in Washington look foolish?

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