This gulf in understanding will not be bridged by media coverage of partisan rhetoric and political battles for or against these alternatives.

And it would intensify the sincere anxieties as well as inflate the partisan rhetoric of many Democrats.

The only session where actual debate on the bill took place was notable for unprofessional language and partisan political rhetoric.

Even without engaging in explicitly partisan rhetoric, Reagan's principled speech served an important party-building function.

As the secession crisis loomed closer, the partisan rhetoric of Cleveland newspapers became more and more heated.

This debate isn't just empty, partisan rhetoric - the outcome will have a real impact on every American family.

The partisan rhetoric, however, was tempered with an effort by the Mayor to show his better, less abrasive side.

But while they sit as judges, they are Democrats, too, and as such were likely to worry about the rise of partisan rhetoric last week.

Let's let this process play out free of partisan rhetoric.

Politicians only dish out and the media only cover the most negative, simplistic, distorted, and partisan rhetoric possible.