Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 56 partisan rancor 54 hyper partisanship 50 partisan sniping 50 rancor 49 Partisanship 49 partisan divide 49 partisanship 49 bi partisanship 49 partisan bickering 48 hyper partisan 48 bitterly partisan 48 partisan divides 48 bitter partisanship 48 fractiousness 47 partisan wrangling 46 rancorous 45 acrimony 45 Partisan politics 45 partisan 45 bipartisanship 44 Democrats 44 Russ Feingold D Wis 44 Democratically controlled 44 partisan gridlock 44 partisan politics 44 intraparty 43 Republicans 43 divisiveness 43 Bipartisanship 43 stalemate 42 bipartisan 42 infighting 42 stalemates 42 contentiousness 42 debate 42 lame duck session 42 finger pointing 42 fractious 42 Senate 41 rancorous debate 41 Easter recess 41 bickering 41 divisive 41 midterm elections 41 mudslinging 41 midterm election 41 Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. 41 gridlock 40 supermajorities 40 skirmishing 40 internecine warfare 40 discord 40 Bickering 40 ideological divide 40 politicking 40 Steny Hoyer D Md 40 bi partisan 39 GOP 39 lame duck 39 internecine 39 overheated rhetoric 39 S. Broder 39 partisan posturing 39 dissention 39 judicial nominations 39 Democratic 39 turf battles 39 schism 39 bitterly divided 39 centrists 39 schisms 39 ballooning deficits 39 Senate conferees 38 squabbles 38 animosities 38 voter unhappiness 38 obstructionism 38 Capitol Hill 38 mutual recriminations 38 Confirmation hearings 38 tumult 38 rifts 38 bloodletting 38 disagreements 38 debates 38 mutual distrust 38 recriminations 38 turf wars 38 vacillation 38 Partisan 38 gotcha politics 38 politically polarized 38 ideological differences 38 demagoguery 38 nastiness 38 Carl Levin D Mich 38 heated debates 37 squabbling 37 wrangling 37 Centrists 37 Bipartisan