As George W. Bush did in his presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised a new spirit of bipartisanship. But the political rancor has only intensified in Washington from one presidency to the next.
Last week, for example, Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, condemned the GOP’s idea of healthcare reform as calling for sick people to “die quickly.” Republicans demanded an apology. They equated his comments on the House floor to Virginia Republican Joe Wilson’s shouting at the president, “You lie.”
What might bring Democrats and Republicans together on issues that a majority of Americans can back?
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