Hell Freezes Over: Giving Bipartisanship a Chance on the Hill

• By David Winston
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Jan. 29, 2008, Midnight

No, hell didn’t freeze over last week, but it sure felt like it on Capitol Hill. While the presidential contests on both sides devolved into close facsimiles of an Ali-Frazier fight, House Republican and Democratic leaders and President Bush discovered the Washington equivalent of the Holy Grail. They found common ground.