bipartisanship

• The Founding Fathers wanted to ensure the constition would require comprimise
• No provision for a two party system but the separation of powers made it inevitable for different parties to have to work together
• Bipartisanship working

  • Republican Lincoln elected Democrat Johnson as his VP
  • No Child Left Behind a bipartisan effort
  • JASTA veto override a bipartisan effort 
• Bipartisanship NOT working

  • Increased hyperpartisanship
  • Division of the main two parties called the “greatest evil” by John Adams