In 2008 the theme was, "We won. and the other party can sit in the back." But now it's 2011 and after a punishing election which the majority party lost badly, the new theme is, Bipartisanship. From proposals to have Democrats and Republicans sit together, as if congress were an elementary school assembly instead of the legislative body of the nation, to calls for civility and tamped down rhetoric, there's a sudden emphasis on everyone getting along and working together.
