The “Americans want bipartisanship” myth  —  (updated below - Update II - Update III)  —  As part of that New York Times online discussion in which I participated yesterday regarding whether Obama should continue to pursue “bipartisanship,” I wrote:

A RUDE AWAKENING.... Congressional Republicans seem to be feeling pretty good about themselves.  They're voting in lock step, dominating the cable chatter, and releasing Aerosmith-backed videos bragging about their opposition to the economic recovery package.  The GOP had discovered its mojo and was finally where it wanted to be.

Poll: Majority Doesn't Want Obama To Be Bipartisan  —  You routinely hear it asserted that the public wants bipartisan comity in Washington, but some striking numbers buried in the internals of the new New York Times poll find that in the current context, precisely the opposite is true:

Rove to local GOP: ‘You have a pretty easy message’  —  Karl Rove, the political brain trust of former President George W. Bush, told Northwest suburban Republicans they can win back the state if they don't rip the party apart in the primaries early next year.