Quote Originally Posted by Ajani
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Had he just passed any legislation he wanted from the start without first giving the GOP plenty of rope to hang themselves, then everyone would criticize him for lying about his intention to be bipartisan. While now he can easily drop the bipartisan charade and people will cheer... As I said, I suspect it's all just strategy in a game of chess....
Possibly so. Or maybe he'd have been better respected if he'd shown leadership form teh start. I would say he should never have talked so much about biparitisanship in the first place.

I have tried to make the point that elsewhere than in the US, bi- or multi-partisanship is not give the same emphasis. It really only comes up in coalition or minority government situations where it is given mainly lip service. It's never a factor when a government has a parliamentary majority.