> It actually seems to be a bipartisan thing right now. Virtually everything these past few years has been bipartisan, up to the point it became higher-profile

> It actually seems to be a bipartisan thing right now. Virtually everything these past few years has been bipartisan, up to the point it became higher-profile and associated with Obama who (rightly or wrongly) is an incredibly polarizing figure. It goes all the way back to Obamacare, which was solidly bipartisan (I mean in Congress, not merely in concept) and which Republicans in committee had a veto pen over, particularly in the Senate. Until it fell directly into the spotlight and became too associated with Obama's platform. This has happened over and over and over since 2008.