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"Bipartisanship" is part of the propaganda of assimilation that keeps the status quo intact, and good for you for pointing it out, Mr. Greenwald. I only wish it got more attention. Rather than new ideas entering Washington, what we're likelier to see is both wings of the Business Party, Democrat and Republican alike, coming together, circling the wagons, even in the face of an overwhelming urge for change on the part of the majority of voters. The disconnect between the Beltway and the rest of the country is only going to get worse as "bipartisan" bad ideas get trotted out for people to gawk at, for the corporate media to gush over.
It's why I most favored with Obama's run the methodology, the grassroots-and-wired nature of it, as the real hope for our country, versus his candidacy as an end unto itself, and certainly not the Democratic Party suddenly becoming progressive (not going to happen, particularly as the spirit of "bipartisanship" settles like smog on everything in DC).
New parties need to enter into the political fray, representing new ideas, bringing change, and relying on grassroots support and active organizing to get heard. That methodology is the key to honest reform, versus hoping that glad-handing Democrats and Republicans are going to be vanguards for change, instead of the stewards for the status quo they've always been.
