What we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace - a grace that takes the long view, apprehends the moment we're in, comes up with ways of dealing with it, and eschews the politically cheap and manipulative. That admits affection and respect. That encourages them. That acknowledges that the small things that divide us are not worthy of the moment; that agrees that the things that can be done to ease the stresses we feel as a nation should be encouraged, while those that encourage our cohesion as a nation should be supported.
Peggy NoonanTag: politics patriotism respect bipartisanship
...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans.
Thomas JeffersonTag: inspirational politics inaugural-address history bipartisanship
Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of the Cold War. Despite the passions over various issues, government functioned pretty well. Legislators routinely crossed party lines when they voted, and when they drank; filibusters in the Senate were reserved for the biggest bills; think tanks produced independent research, not partisan talking points. The "D." or "R." after a politician's name did not tell you what he thought about everything, or everything you thought about him.
George PackerTag: politics politicians democrats republicans 1970s bipartisanship washington-dc u-s-politics
The whole point about corruption in politics is that it can't be done, or done properly, without a bipartisan consensus.
Christopher HitchensTag: politics corruption bipartisanship
There are not enough purple states. No one votes in primaries, except the most ideological. And big money comes in to support or oppose the candidates in those primaries.
Evan BayhTag: consensus bipartisanship polarization
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