While they're at it, they mention the trade deficit, the budget deficit, immigration, health care insurance, the environment and excessive partisanship in Washington.

They argue that corruption had been replaced by another debilitating condition: excessive partisanship.

For the last several weeks, Democrats have been accusing Senator Thompson of conducting his inquiry with excessive partisanship.

After sending out fact finding missions to other cities, he implemented a plan that addressed the problem of excessive partisanship within the city council.

"It is the strength of an idea that prevails, not excessive partisanship," he said.

Eight years of excessive partisanship and finger pointing.

The great wordsmith was never more eloquent than in his screeds against excessive partisanship.

Neoconservative leaders, he wrote, were guilty of "corruption by excessive partisanship in the service of the Republican Party."

It's good to have teams, and, despite all the talk lately about excessive partisanship, it's good to have debate.

"This largely eliminates the two major evils of the current system, excessive campaign contributions from lawyers and excessive partisanship," he said.