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Obama pushes for job creation and bipartisanship
The President's schedule is echoing his state of the union address in its calls for job creation and bipartisanship. Two different political parties working together to pass legislation or to meet a mutural goal- two parties, the Republicans and Democrats.
Many Americans wondered whether lawmakers from both parties would be politically inclined to get jobs and economic plans moving and whether the nation would be in the exact spot a year from now. Obama's plan to create jobs was closely watched in states like Nevada and Michigan, because Nevada posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year. And Michigan's unemployment hit 14 percent in 2009 amid a historic collapse of the auto market.associatedpress
Many Americans has grown tired of politics and promises and needs action. When President Obama said in his SOTU address on Wednesday that " because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed", he was cherry-picking some facts. That 2 million figure is based on the predictions from his own economic advisers.



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at 11:09 on January 29th, 2010
He will get a jobs bill this year. However lasting bipartisanship is unlikely.
at 12:05 on January 29th, 2010
There will not be a lasting bipartisanship, the President is urging Republicans to come to the table and work with him on policy compromises, saying Americans "didn't send us to Washington to fight each other in some political steel cage match". He wants Democrats and Republicans to work out their differences.
at 17:25 on January 29th, 2010
More likely, he wants Republics to vote for what he wants.
That is generally what Democrats call being bipartisan.