Are they equally culpable? Or, has one party demonstrated a greater willingness to work together than the other?
My estimation is that there are definitely more absolutists in the GOP right now. Between Obama's victory in 2008 and the Tea Party's gains in 2010, however, the Dems were the absolutists, essentially saying "we won, you lost, too bad." That's when Obama said the Republicans "can't do much talkin'".
Right now? Definitely the Tea Party-driven GOP.
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My information says that Democrats only call it bi-partisanship when the GOP gives in.
The Dems decided about 20 years ago that cooperation was not even a consideration.
The GOP keeps extending their hand and the Dems slap it.
Then they lie about the GOP claiming THEY'RE the major roadblock in Washington.
In the words of Obama talking to his spiritial leader Reverand Jerimiah Wright
"You have to be honest!!!"
Apparently to the left
honesty is a
liability.