The article I chose shows how important partisanship is in politics today. At the end, of the most recent election both candidates promised a time of putting party lines aside. If the past week is any indication, the next four years are going to be filled with the Democratic and Republican parties going back and forth at each other’s throats. My article illustrates this point by discussing how Bush’s cabinet nominees are being scrutinized. Gale Norton is Bush’s nominee for Interior secretary. Her past history as a constitutional lawyer, a good one, is the root of the problem her opposition has with her. Many are scared about how Norton will handle issues concerning the environment. Bills that are coming up for vote that could possibly give some organizations the biggest financial boost they have ever had are in jeopardy now because of Norton. Her past history shows how she moved too far right on the conservative wing, and people are afraid she will give the states too much power and won’t regulate tough enough.When Clinton was elected eight years ago, no one paid this much attention to the people he chose. Does this mean that the people he chose were a perfect fit? I don’t think so. His nominees had to go through the same hearings, but now, we have to listen to these hearings on television. I think the Democrats know exactly what they are doing with public image. I am not trying to say this is all some sort of elaborate spin to make us all forget about how the Democrats dragged the election on for a month too long, but I think it should be expected that they will do something to take the heat off of them and put it back on the Republicans. Now is the perfect time while people’s interest in politics is still fresh and a new idea. I can’t blame them for doing what they need to get by during these hard times for the party. The two major parties in our country are both very concern...
