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The claim:
“Whether in Illinois or Washington, Barack Obama has bridged partisanship to bring about significant reform.” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday at the Democratic National Convention
The explanation:
This has been a common theme in the Obama campaign, and we have looked at this from several angles in the past year.
The short answer here is that Obama does, in fact, have some history of success in reaching across the political aisle, but he’s also got a record of reliably voting in line with the Democratic Party.
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