It might be a partisan attack from another party.
The horrors of the suicide bombings of Israeli civilians and the siege of the West Bank are at least in part a result of this policy, which might be called partisan disengagement.
Beyond the hope that things might be less partisan by then, there are several positive developments underway that are not yet far enough along to be central to ESEA but could be given two more years.
However gratifying or dispiriting the possibility of winning or losing might be to partisans on both sides, this campaign has struggled, so far at least, to avoid feeling like a bitter anticlimax.
"What that tape did was, especially to women who were undecided or felt some sense of party loyalty [to the GOP], the tape gave a lot of Republican political elites ammunition to say, 'vote your conscience'," Lawless said, "and that freed up people who might be loyal partisans to reconsider".
Rather, we recommend that the initial focus be on passing one specific piece of legislation for which there might be bi-partisan support - establishment of a National Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Bank 3-IInfrastructure Bank 3-I
In 2008, Mr. Obama ran partly as a "post-partisan" candidate, a claim that might be undermined if there was partisan targeting of conservative groups under his watch.
"Science should not be partisan.
(In fact, it may be very slightly less so — there might be slightly more partisan crossover on this issue than on others — although this is hard to test for because there are so few moderates in either party these days).
Democrats suggested that the outcome might be affected by partisan finagling in a state where Mr. Bush's brother, Jeb, is governor and almost all other top officials are Republicans.
