Opinion | ‘Bipartisanship’ Is Dead in Washington. That’s Fine.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has stretched his 5-foot, 9-inch frame as far as it can extend to block the bill that would expand voting rights. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

Jack Shafer is Politico’s senior media writer.

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Washington this week has been obsessed with the hunt for the elusive thing known as “bipartisanship.” Is there a bipartisan deal to be had on China? On Infrastructure? When Senate Republicans filibustered the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol—physical security surely being a bipartisan concern if there ever was one—our own Playbook moaned that “Dreams of a bipartisan, independent investigation into the Capitol insurrection are

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