"partisan cooperation"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/29/2012 03:14 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
>My guess is this was merely a slip of the tongue for "bipartisan cooperation."
>
>Considering the exhausting campaign schedule of both candidates, an
>occasional speech error
>doesn't seem surprising.

As I wrote originally, likely a slip -- but it's not clear whether
the writer generated it or he was reporting what Romney said.  In any
case, like "the monster Frankenstein", it needs to be stamped out
before it repropriates.

Joel

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