Bill Roper's Journal

Like some of the others, I don't see that being around a long time is really the same as being the most partisan. The locked in district has been with us a very long time, but it's only been the last few cycles where the vitriol and extreme partisanship has come in. Tip O'Neil used to talk about how they could argue on the floor and then go out for drinks. That's not the case anymore.