Bipartisan?

So, President Bush somehow considers his less-than-overwhelming 51% of the popular vote to be a strong public mandate for his second term agenda. He also says that his policies will be enacted via bipartisan efforts.

It will be very interesting to see what Bush considers "bipartisan": whether it's "I'll work with the Democrats, comproming when necessary to craft legislation which has the concurrence of as much of Congress as possible" or "Here's what I want, Democrats. You can vote for it if you like, but I have enough votes in Congress that I'll get it passed no matter what you do."

Remember that he first approached the United Nations from a similar position of strength, as the world's preeminent military power, before the invasion of Iraq. "Okay, France, Germany, Russia and the rest of Old Europe, we want to invade Iraq. We'd like you to commit a substantial amount of money and troops. No? Well, the hell with you. We're invading anyway. Enjoy your irrelevance."