Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 61 partisan bickering 56 partisan politics 56 partisanship 50 squabbles 49 bickering 49 acrimony 48 partisan divide 47 rancor 47 quarrels 47 judicial nominations 47 Republicans 46 politics 46 obstructionism 46 politicking 46 bipartisanship 46 filibuster 45 backroom deals 45 Democrats 45 infighting 44 squabbling 44 filibusters 44 turf wars 43 partisan 43 political expediency 43 recriminations 43 debate 43 animosities 43 legislating 43 midterm election 43 backbiting 43 gridlock 42 wrangling 42 rancorous 42 judicial nominees 42 factionalism 42 squabble 42 Majority Leader Bill Frist 42 feuds 41 controversies 41 GOP 41 filibustering 41 wrangles 41 lame duck session 41 demagoguery 41 midterm elections 41 divisiveness 41 bipartisan 41 Speaker Nancy Pelosi 40 Reid D Nev 40 mudslinging 40 stalemate 40 divisive 40 turf battles 40 pettiness 40 dealmaking 40 political opportunism 40 brinkmanship 40 judicial appointments 40 cronyism 40 mud slinging 40 Majority Leader Harry Reid 40 impeachment proceedings 40 Tom DeLay 40 Senate 40 DeLay 40 disagreements 39 discord 39 heated debates 39 debates 39 internecine 39 strife 39 vested interests 39 bureaucracies 39 judicial activism 38 machinations 38 imbroglio 38 overreach 38 inertia 38 bureaucracy 38 Watergate scandal 38 obstructionists 38 sloganeering 38 legal wrangling 38 newly empowered 38 maneuvering 38 wrangle 38 lawmaking 38 demagogues 38 tyranny 38 corruption 38 rhetoric 38 controversy 37 bitterly divided 37 Boehner 37 finger pointing 37 scandals 37 fiscal irresponsibility 37 Dems 37 recrimination 37 impeachment 37 voter discontent