First Read makes an important point about the appointment of Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) to be ambassador to China:
“Whether it is Specter switching parties, Judd Gregg accepting the Commerce post (even for a few days), or this appointment — it’s going to be hard for Republicans to make the public case that somehow Obama hasn’t attempted to reach across the aisle. Of course, the White House has been very strategic in its attempts at bipartisanship, which no doubt frustrates many Republicans because the president isn’t being bipartisan on everything.”
Remember what Rahm Emanuel told the New Yorker a few months ago: “The public wants bipartisanship. We just have to try. We don’t have to succeed.”
Filed under: Bipartisanship, True!
