There have been periods of bipartisanship in American politics, such as when Republican Abraham Lincoln elected Democrat Andrew Johnson as Vice President of the United States.
[3] More recently, this was also shown in the case of President George H. W. Bush's administration, which began with an atmosphere of bipartisanship on foreign policy in Washington.
During this period, the concept of bipartisanship implied a consensus not only between the two parties but also the executive and legislative branches of the government to implement foreign policy.
[4] In the 2010s, there was wide disagreement between the Republicans and Democrats, because the minority party had been voting as a bloc against major legislation, according to James Fallows in The Atlantic.
[10] Bipartisanship requires "hard work", is "sometimes dull", and entails trying to find "common ground" but enables "serious problem solving", according to editorial writers at The Christian Science Monitor in 2010.