The media is crowing about the "bi-partisan" nature of the deal reached last night between 3 senators who call themselves Republicans and Democrats.Susan Collins, Arlen Specter and Mel Martinez labored long and hard with the Democrats and were able to get the liberals to drop around $80 billion from the bill.That's $80 billion out of nearly $900 billion they started with.Question: If 2 or 3 Republican senators vote for this bill, how is that considered "bi-partisan?"Fox News: Senators have reached a tentative deal on a version of President Obama's economic spending plan, including about $811 billion in spending and tax cuts, that will win enough Republican votes to move forward.Sens. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Susan Collins of Maine appeared to be the critical Republicans to sign onto the bill, giving Democrats the 60 votes needed to advance to a final vote. Democrats also voiced confidence that Republican Sen. Olympia Snow of Maine also would vote for...(Read Full Post)