"partisan cooperation"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/29/2012 11:17 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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> >  From an AP dispatch, on Yahoo News.
> >
> > >Romney calls for cooperation in Florida By STEVE PEOPLES | Associated
> > >Press - 15 hrs ago
> > >
> > >PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - With the election 10 days away, Mitt Romney is
> > >calling for more partisan cooperation in Washington as he rallies
> > >supporters in Florida.
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/romney-calls-cooperation-florida-174721958--
> > election.html
> >
> > I suppose that means that the Republican partisans will caucus amongst
> > themselves to determine their next steps in undermining the Obama
> > presidency.
> >
> > (Admittedly, given the next two paragraphs, merely a blunder by the
> > Peoples, Steve.)
> >
>
>Was your post intended to point out an error by Peoples, or to make
>off-topic political asides?

Entirely to call attention to a new use of the word "partisan", and
to its association with Republican dialect.  (It's Romney who is
supposed to be calling for "more partisan cooperation", perhaps
Peoples is paraphrasing Romney.)

Joel

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