The partisan division in the response to these remarks has run something like this.

The partisan division between the two houses has meant that virtually any interest group can find a champion in one chamber or the other.

"It sort of says, 'Is reform even really possible if you have this deep partisan division?' "

We've got to go beyond the established partisan divisions.

And there was no evidence of partisan division on the accord.

Of course, some legislatures continue to see deep partisan divisions.

Moving it to the House floor for a vote will be an uphill climb, but not the sort usually defined by a partisan division.

As had been the case since 1996, there remained a wide partisan division.

Human rights issues are intensely political but it is a pity when they become the subject of partisan divisions.

But the initial lines of partisan division were apparent.