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(Click for frequent words.) 61 partisan bickering 60 partisan squabbling 60 partisan sniping 59 partisan rancor 59 Partisan bickering 56 partisan politics 56 partisanship 55 partisan acrimony 55 backroom politicking 54 petty partisanship 54 internecine squabbling 53 partisan wrangling 53 petty squabbling 52 Partisan wrangling 52 intraparty squabble 52 intraparty battle 52 partisan gridlock 52 partisan polarization 52 factional bickering 51 partisan finger pointing 51 hyper partisanship 51 rancorous partisanship 51 yah boo politics 51 childish bickering 51 intraparty feud 50 expediencies 50 judicial confirmations 50 petty politicking 50 backroom machinations 50 squabbles 50 partisan gamesmanship 50 bipartisan comity 50 partisan divides 50 bitter partisanship 49 intraparty bickering 49 bickering 49 petty bickering 49 backroom wheeling 49 procedural morass 49 acrimony 49 cybersex scandal 49 rancorous debate 48 Political expediency 48 internecine battles 48 factional infighting 48 partisan recriminations 48 hyperpartisanship 48 petty squabbles 48 hyperpartisan 48 factional feuds 48 liberal judicial activism 48 partisan divide 47 intraparty warfare 47 Partisanship 47 stalement 47 petty quarrels 47 procedural roadblocks 47 Jack Abramoff scandal 47 rancor 47 bitterly partisan 47 quarrels 47 senatorial prerogatives 47 judicial nominations 47 resolving knotty 47 Republicans 46 outdated women's liberation 46 uncivil discourse 46 unyielding partisanship 46 fiercely partisan 46 bi partisanship 46 Acrimony 46 bitter recriminations 46 dipping crosscourt forehand 46 politics 46 partisan posturing 46 legislative logjams 46 obstructionism 46 politicking 46 bipartisanship 46 Bonusgate investigation 46 factional feuding 46 rabid partisanship 46 mutual recrimination 46 filibuster 45 This mindless paralyzing 45 reauthorize NCLB 45 transcending partisanship 45 fillibuster 45 backroom deals 45 mindless partisanship 45 rational discourse 45 Lame duck sessions 45 Democrats 45 stalemates 45 GOP stalling tactics 45 gubernatorial vetoes 45 factional disputes 45 kabuki dance 45 shameless demagoguery 45 infighting 45 Plame cause celebre 45 overt partisanship 45 Rovian tactics 45 Partisan rancor 45 intraparty contests 45 influence peddling scandals 45 ideological zealots 44 squabbling 44 partisan skirmishing 44 filibusters 44 entrenched vested interests 44 turf wars 44 Republican delaying tactics 44 internecine rivalries 44 petty jealousies 44 Lisa Vorderbrueggen covers 44 Mukasey confirmation hearings 44 Impeachment proceedings 44 bungling incompetence 44 bureaucratic morass 44 ideological brinksmanship 44 Partisan politics 44 Partisan gridlock 44 intraparty fights 44 beauracracy 44 internecine strife 44 Fingerpointing 44 petty rivalries 44 caviling 44 simmering feuds 44 bitter infighting 44 corrosive cynicism 44 Ram Setu controversy 44 monthslong impasse 44 internecine squabbles 43 bickerings 43 intraparty battles 43 petty feuds 43 vendettas 43 sectionalism 43 partisan 43 political expediency 43 demagoging 43 Lewinsky affair 43 naïve idealism 43 backroom dealmaking 43 gotcha politics 43 ideological rigidity 43 partisan gerrymandering 43 pork barrell 43 creeping fascism 43 judicial filibusters 43 Bonusgate scandal 43 factionalisation 43 needless partisanship 43 Ideologues 43 internecine feuding 43 internecine warfare 43 rigidly ideological 43 recriminations 43 Constitution Supremacy Clause 43 legalisms 43 jurisdictional disputes 43 ideologically polarized 43 ideological dogmatism 43 leftist slant 43 legal ramifications Urbahn 43 debate 43 animosities 43 Moral dilemmas 43 legislating 43 midterm election 43 Obamans 43 analyst Amulya Ganguli 43 flip floppery 43 false dichotomies 43 procedural maneuvering 43 backbiting 43 gridlock 43 status quoist 43 internal dissensions 43 pious declarations 43 electioneering campaigns 43 poisonous demagoguery 43 ideological rifts 43 procedural wrangling 42 wrangling 42 slanging matches 42 factional feud 42 maudlin sentimentality 42 CheneyBush 42 MTBE waiver 42 bipartisanism 42 ideological obsessions 42 poisonous partisanship 42 bureaucratic red tapism 42 internecine fighting 42 internecine quarrels 42 castigations 42 sobering realities 42 bureaucratic snarls 42 internecine conflicts 42 Lame Duck session 42 unwieldy coalitions 42 factional loyalties 42 lesser evilism 42 Democratically controlled Congress 42 gerrymanders 42 bureaucratic lethargy 42 wranglings 42 Specter defection 42 oneupsmanship 42 incessant bickering 42 rancorous 42 judicial nominees 42 internal bickerings 42 rigid ideology 42 seemingly intractable conflict 42 factionalism 42 midterm shellacking 42 Earmark reform 42 tribal animosities 42 goateed Pitt 42 Demcrats 42 coercive apparatus 42 postpartisan 42 polarized electorate 42 warmaking powers 42 ethnic animosities 42 frivolous PILs 42 Witty repartee 42 decidedly undemocratic 42 squabble 42 self styled reformers 42 resounding repudiation 42 Majority Leader Bill Frist 42 Sitaram Kesri 42 ideological claptrap 42 fundamentally unserious 42 feuds 42 ConDems 42 Sectarian passions 42 unaccountable bureaucracy 42 Hoyer Murtha 42 Dem ocrats 42 partisan obstructionism 42 nationalist rhetoric 42 cloture motions 42 Orwellian newspeak 42 communal polarization 42 votebank politics 42 recessionary gloom 42 palm greasing 42 inefficient bureaucracies 42 grandstanders 42 entrenched incumbents 42 partisan fingerpointing 41 Harper prorogued Parliament 41 Pawlenty vetoes 41 racial gerrymandering 41 Machiavellian machinations 41 controversies 41 counterproductively 41 GOP 41 weeklong recess 41 racial antagonisms 41 filibustering 41 Beltway conventional wisdom 41 false equivalencies 41 wrangles 41 Arlen Specters 41 voter unhappiness 41 fenced ferociously 41 lame duck session 41 decennial redistricting 41 Partisan sniping 41 demagoguery 41 Sinn Fein Democratic Unionist 41 internal squabbles 41 midterm elections 41 petty sniping 41 snide sarcastic 41 Repubicans 41 Rajoy hammering Zapatero 41 mutual recriminations 41 Recess appointments 41 roaring gales 41 principled conservatism 41 Sharifs disqualification 41 Journalistic ethics 41 factional bloodletting 41 ethical improprieties 41 divisiveness 41 NAVARRO MILLS Water 41 Confederate flag flap 41 noble Autobots 41 intellectual incoherence 41 overt politicking 41 Tory LibDem 41 monthlong recess 41 Repub licans 41 babudom 41 bipartisan 41 ethical transgressions 41 recriminatory 41 troop withdrawal timetables 41 bipartisan gerrymander 41 Speaker Nancy Pelosi 41 Ideological purity 41 wasteful earmark 41 profound irresponsibility 41 weasel wording 41 rigid ideologue 41 poisonously partisan 41 factional squabbling 41 intraparty squabbling 41 Speaker Etteh 41 Bork nomination 41 Ladoja impeachment 41 pricklier Rumsfeld testified 41 unconstitutional overreach 41 relentless drumbeat 41 repudiations 41 fingerpointing 41 verbal missteps 41 manouevring 41 Clan rivalries 41 unholy alliances 41 hissy fitting 40 Reid D Nev 40 sometimes listened impassively 40 Borosage 40 Demo crats 40 emnity 40 upstate downstate 40 Daschle Thune 40 mudslinging 40 bipartisan coalitions 40 Mudslinging 40 newcomer Ned Lamont 40 stalemate 40 impass 40 false equivalence 40 bitter recrimination 40 flaring tempers 40 bumper sticker slogans 40 razor thin majority 40 Perverse incentives 40 wasteful duplicative 40 beaurocracy 40 Demcorats 40 unwieldy bureaucracy 40 impeaching Sanford 40 overriding vetoes 40 shifted rightward 40 fiscal conservativism 40 frequent hartals 40 divisive 40 congressional recess 40 hydra headed monster 40 turf battles 40 pettiness 40 dealmaking 40 overcriminalization 40 Tom DeLay R-Tex. 40 deadlocks 40 political opportunism 40 Statehouses 40 Norman Ornstein resident 40 Korgunyuk 40 horsetrading 40 factional squabbles 40 strident partisanship 40 political expediencies 40 Bunning filibuster 40 backroom fixer 40 insiderism 40 strifes 40 jungle raj 40 Lewinsky scandal 40 kickback scandals 40 Boxer Fiorina 40 inordinate ambition 40 moneyed elites 40 divergent visions 40 sectarian rivalries 40 poli tricks 40 Manichean struggle 40 self recrimination 40 earmark laden 40 Daschle DS.D. 40 divisive tendencies 40 DISCLOSE 40 analyst Rasheed Kidwai 40 diabetes Danesh 40 brinkmanship 40 guru Karl Rove 40 Lib Dem backbenchers 40 pre emption doctrine 40 partyline vote 40 partisian 40 sectarian hatreds 40 porkfest 40 judicial appointments 40 yah boo 40 Trump flirtation 40 Roma expulsions 40 ideological schisms 40 gerrymandered districts 40 rhetorical ruckus 40 Heated arguments 40 unqualified cronies 40 talkathons 40 incoherency 40 fetid alleys 40 Alex Salmond SNP 40 bureaucratic sloth 40 craven surrender 40 impeachments 40 cronyism 40 idiocracy 40 backscratching 40 clashing ideologies 40 bedlam glimmers 40 scandals dogging 40 creeping socialism 40 repealers 40 MacGuineas 40 razor thin majorities 40 Election Petition Tribunals 40 mud slinging 40 lingering mistrust 40 Majority Leader Trent Lott 40 Majority Leader Harry Reid 40 Basque separatists prohibited 40 Tory sleaze 40 dilatory tactics 40 incompetence dishonesty 40 Democratically controlled 40 bureaucratic bloat 40 intraparty squabbles 40 underhanded tactic 40 rigid ideologues 40 influence peddling probe 40 impeachment proceedings 40 bitter intraparty 40 reelections 40 fence straddlers 40 Mediscare 40 outselves 40 redrawing legislative 40 bitterly divisive 40 cass cass 40 adhocism 40 Herculean tasks 40 Tom DeLay 40 invoking cloture 40 Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. 40 partisan witch hunt 40 ideologically homogenous 40 hyper partisan 40 factional strife 40 procedural maneuvers 40 seemingly irresolvable 40 Compassionate conservatism 40 Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi 40 jobbery 40 Anglo Leasing saga 40 outworn ideas 40 Senate 40 Speaker Kenneth Marende 40 repealing ObamaCare 40 Lib Dems Nick Clegg 40 boondoggling 40 postelection lame duck 40 threatening brain aneurisms 40 Recrimination 40 DeLay 40 Kabuki dance 40 lokpal 40 Libby commutation 40 grand bargainers 40 Choppergate 40 intraparty rivalries 40 Banning earmarks 40 bureaucratic inertia 40 wasteful earmarks 40 antiestablishment message 40 obstructionist tactics 40 disagreements 39 lawlessness prevails 39 discord 39 gaffe prone Biden 39 Parochialism 39 Bonusgate probe 39 differing worldviews 39 liberal orthodoxy 39 nonissues 39 ideological fanaticism 39 TRAVIS Water 39 W ASHINGTON 39 humble ketchup packet 39 overturn DADT 39 germane amendments 39 DeGette Y 39 Bitter infighting 39 RJD misrule 39 ARNOLD Schwarzenegger 39 backroom dealings 39 Constitutionally mandated 39 ballerina Emily Blunt 39 Daschle apologizes 39 Bomas III 39 conflicting ideologies 39 wonkery 39 repeal ObamaCare 39 heated debates 39 bloody internecine 39 procedural wrangles 39 mindless paralyzing rancor 39 Mulroney Schreiber affair 39 partisan politicking 39 extraconstitutional 39 votebanks 39 multifront war 39 debates 39 internecine 39 Countrywide Mozilo 39 tacit understandings 39 strife 39 dysfunctionalities 39 Robert Bork nomination 39 vested interests 39 trough swillers 39 bureaucratic quagmire 39 Narrow mindedness 39 recriminalize abortion 39 yawning deficits 39 Verniero 39 Weithmans yard 39 Progressive Leftists 39 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick 39 Retransmission consent 39 impeach Davide 39 cronyism nepotism 39 scandalmongering 39 analyst Stan Collender 39 bare knuckles brawl 39 rejects partisan gridlock 39 hideously embarrassing 39 moneyed interests 39 Speaker Newt Gingrich R-Ga. 39 personal vendettas 39 moral exhibitionism 39 Abramoff scandal 39 Bilbray Y 39 unfairnesses 39 shrill rhetoric 39 Repugs 39 breeds complacency 39 Righteous indignation 39 frequent adjournments 39 doctrinaire liberals 39 brass knuckle politics 39 blither 39 predecessor Yukio Hatoyama 39 Hindutva agenda 39 unwinnable quagmire 39 sanctimonious hypocrisy 39 filibuster proof majorities 39 isolationist tendencies 39 blatantly partisan 39 Dynastic politics 39 Singur imbroglio 39 hollow platitudes 39 Elena Kagan confirmation hearings 39 Senator Evan Enwerem 39 antiregulatory 39 ethical quandaries 39 abject cowardice 39 rapacious greed 39 seething discontent 39 DiFi 39 agitational politics 39 cynical opportunism 39 Bums Out 39 omnibus appropriations 39 ideologically compatible 39 accusatory rhetoric 39 subcommittee chairmanships 39 Nixonian stonewalling 39 rhetorical excesses 39 soaring oratory 39 pensions timebomb 39 bureaucratic logjams 39 throe 39 porkbarrel spending 39 starry eyed idealism 39 bureaucracies 39 rampant cronyism 39 fractious coalitions 39 Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings 39 immoderation 39 Repealing Obamacare 39 reauthorizing SCHIP 39 FBN Gerri Willis 39 paygo rule 39 tribal enmities 39 SIMON Crean 39 antigovernment sentiment 39 voter disaffection 39 ALICIA ROBINSON covers 39 pettifogging 39 Prop 1F 39 bloated bureaucracies 39 tragedy Rainer Schaller 39 Thomas R-Calif. 39 Robutrad scandal 39 ideological divides 39 unseemly squabble 39 offered angry denouncements 39 arguers 39 interservice rivalries 39 Politicking 39 Delaware Christine O'Donnell 39 ex Gov 39 germaneness 39 initiating impeachment proceedings 39 Proroguing Parliament 39 defeatist rhetoric 39 dischord 39 unnecessarily politicize 39 Jimi Grande 39 GRANGER Water 39 nanny statism 39 disputes amicably 39 politically fraught 39 liberals seethed 39 premature triumphalism 39 VAN HOLLEN 39 Mud slinging 39 impeached Roh 39 Chrétien Liberals 39 Quinn amendatory veto 39 reflexive partisanship 39 overt religiosity 39 Toomey Sestak 39 meddlesomeness 39 incessant drumbeat 39 Repuglicans 39 cloture votes 39 sexual peccadilloes 39 judicial activism 39 congressionally sanctioned 39 cronyism favoritism 39 contestations 38 Speaker Ray Sansom 38 moral conundrums 38 wise Latina remark 38 majoritarianism 38 transcend partisan 38 Disclose Act 38 uncaringly 38 unsimilar dissimilar 38 compulsory unionism 38 warrantless surveillance program 38 oneupmanship 38 Finger pointing 38 Partisan gerrymandering 38 ideological crusades 38 Lukashenko authoritarian 38 hallowed chambers 38 lamer duck 38 groupism 38 supremacist ideologies 38 Extremist ideologies 38 Lame Duck Session 38 machinations 38 jingoistic fervor 38 countervailing pressures 38 grows shakier jeopardizing 38 imperial hubris 38 politically perilous 38 reflexively oppose 38 colon dash paren 38 deHaven Smith 38 nonpartisan redistricting 38 nakedly partisan 38 lobbyism 38 Ward Connerly referenda 38 Smear tactics 38 Bureaucratic inertia 38 Miers withdraws 38 interminable delays 38 trickledown economics 38 Utopian visions 38 unnecessarily inflames 38 Sharon Disengagement Plan 38 rejectionist stance 38 proceeded haltingly 38 shout fests 38 Impeachment Proceedings 38 imbroglio 38 moral lassitude 38 carbohydrate fad 38 unionize workplaces 38 CBN.com WASHINGTON AP 38 hung parliaments 38 statutory PAYGO 38 Backroom deals 38 Sharon rightist Likud 38 Mrs Etteh 38 PROMISES PROMISES Widows 38 Patriot Act reauthorization 38 overreach 38 Paiva Weed 38 impeachment hearings 38 Taleban insurgency 38 lit cigarette Jakez 38 controversies hounding 38 Majority Leader Frist 38 illiberalism 38 weightier matters 38 averts shutdown 38 unseemliness 38 Telangana KCR 38 artificial scarcities 38 Kevin Rudd prime ministership 38 antitrade 38 inertia 38 godfatherism 38 Labour Plaid 38 protectionist sentiments 38 pseudo populism 38 Props aplenty 38 golden goodbyes 38 teeth chattering cold 38 Anti incumbency 38 ideologically coherent 38 delegitimation 38 greed avarice 38 Enron debacle 38 bureaucracy 38 hyperbolic rhetoric 38 Speaker Sal DiMasi 38 filibustering judicial 38 Watergate scandal 38 obstructionists 38 fierce sandstorms 38 divisionary 38 lofty rhetoric 38 nannyism 38 petty resentments 38 Angelyn Frazer 38 GIANNOULIAS 38 anti Congressism 38 Senate Judiciary Committees 38 imbroglios 38 sloganeering 38 skirmishing 38 Eyman Initiative 38 philosophic differences 38 Jack Abramoffs 38 Clintonism 38 hairsplitting 38 Justice Priscilla Owen 38 Iraqification 38 strategist Darry Sragow 38 redressing grievances 38 operative Karl Rove 38 bureaucratic gridlock 38 Blumenauer Y 38 senate democrats 38 furors 38 Judicial activism 38 mollify conservatives 38 tawdriest 38 donnybrook 38 Zelizer 38 legal wrangling 38 Hartals 38 overhauling Social Security 38 Divergent views 38 policywise 38 Sharyl Attkisson reports 38 low cloudcover 38 abject ignorance 38 brass knuckle tactics 38 fracases 38 newly empowered 38 maneuvering 38 climbdowns 38 WREX.com Rockford News LeaderObama 38 Orwellian doublethink 38 Naxalism Maoism 38 Eluana Englaro alive 38 defeatist mindset 38 matrimonial discord 38 Norman Ornstein congressional 38 Abramoff Scandal 38 Rethugs 38 Bittergate 38 moral highground 38 wrangle 38 blatant gerrymandering 38 fifths supermajority 38 Nancy Cordes reports 38 lawmkers 38 disgruntled backbenchers 38 melted reactor cores 38 construing statutes 38 Jealousies 38 rancorously 38 lawmaking 38 BJD BJP 38 nonconfidence vote 38 DCI yearlong 38 wrongheadedness 38 internal wranglings 38 inflated egos 38 dueling summations 38 incomprehensible jargon 38 backbench rebellions 38 overrule Roe v. Wade 38 demagogues 38 Davide impeachment 38 Jaimie crumpled 38 Hello Garci controversy 38 internecine wars 38 bureaucratic impediments 38 dawdling pace 38 Current Occupant 38 partyism 38 racial divisiveness 38 Prop H8 38 feminist dogma 38 feudal mindset 38 expedience 38 intraparty divisions 38 bare knuckled partisanship 38 CNOOC Unocal 38 commentator Kuldip Nayar 38 tyrannical tendencies 38 Foleygate 38 moderator Tavis Smiley 38 personality cults 38 popularism 38 preemptive wars 38 Easter recess 38 accounting legerdemain 38 paygo rules 38 procedural technicalities 38 yonder window 38 lieutenant governor presides 38 Heated rhetoric 38 Prof Iwu 38 scapegoating immigrants 38 sclerotic bureaucracy 38 overcome procedural hurdle 38 celebrification 38 dueling visions 38 minorityism 38 Broun N 38 Regressives 38 Stephen Harper Conservatives 38 tyranny 38 corruption 38 Bickering 38 irreconcilability 38 nonconfidence motion 38 deregulatory agenda 38 trans inclusive ENDA 38 minutae 38 reregulation 38 corruptive influences 38 PAYGO rules 38 ethnically divided Bosnia 38 gutless wonders 38 nepotism cronyism 38 Lincoln Chafee RR.I. 38 episodic reruns 38 maverick reformer 38 rhetoric 38 loyalist Harriet Miers 38 Democratically 38 telegenic Palin 38 Valerie Plame affair 38 nominating Harriet Miers 38 Nixon Watergate scandal 38 Speaker Tom Craddick 38 Puritan roots 38 Repuglican 38 controversy 37 embroilment 37 Akali BJP 37 Marco Rubios 37 Politico.com Politics '# 37 Dice K mania 37 defund ACORN 37 RenSquare 37 bitterly divided 37 Boehner 37 finger pointing 37 neoliberal dogma 37 independents caucusing 37 mediocres 37 congresscritters 37 Napolitano vetoes 37 scandals 37 blatant thievery 37 he-said/she-said 37 fiscal irresponsibility 37 repealing Obamacare 37 impeaching Musharraf 37 Sestak Romanoff 37 intraparty 37 Brinksmanship 37 hullabaloos 37 Superstitious beliefs 37 faking comprehension 37 Beltway pundits 37 defunding Obamacare 37 outsized egos 37 Frist R Tenn 37 Midterm elections 37 Jeffords defection gave 37 status quoists 37 subpoenaed Bolten 37 Dems 37 spiraling sectarian bloodshed 37 ethno religious crises 37 Elephant Talk telecommunications 37 massive multihulled boats 37 Gordian knots 37 Filibusters 37 Intraparty 37 anti Indianism 37 von Spakovsky 37 Lame ducks 37 mere sloganeering 37 mutual distrust 37 robber baron era 37 reinstate Chaudhry 37 procedural roadblock 37 Bofors ghost 37 judicial usurpation 37 repugs 37 Incredible Hulk necktie 37 naive idealism 37 immobilism 37 sheer laziness 37 Annette Ziegler 37 sowed dissension 37 secretary Digvijaya Singh 37 apportioning delegates 37 acrimonies 37 Willfully converting money 37 intractably 37 leftward lurch 37 Mutually assured destruction 37 dynastic politics 37 Troopergate probe 37 reformist zeal 37 fiefs 37 Rep. Nydia Velázquez DN.Y. 37 Akali Dal BJP 37 flowery rhetoric 37 deepening quagmire 37 Chafee Laffey 37 recrimination 37 Tomoaki Iwai political 37 boldfaced lie 37 sheer incompetence 37 SCHUMER Well 37 coequal branches 37 supermajorities 37 corrupt oligarchy 37 enmities 37 unwinnable wars 37 pretexting scandal 37 Gichugu MP 37 monkey wrenches 37 Coingate scandal 37 impeachment 37 constituting JPC 37 Tory eurosceptics 37 galaxies juxtaposed 37 tumults 37 reforming zeal 37 abject stupidity 37 pluralistic polity 37 Bilirakis N 37 ill conceived notions 37 Obamacrats 37 Homolka pardon 37 deepening rifts 37 ad hocism 37 stifling conformity 37 voter discontent