AMERICAN POLITICS - Overcoming Polarization

"How these 3 governors say we can overcome political polarization" PBS NewsHour 1/29/2019

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SUMMARY:  The past month saw a political climate of extreme division in Washington, D.C., over the partial government shutdown.  But some leaders at the state and local levels are striving for improved bipartisanship and compromise.  On Monday, Judy Woodruff sat down with three governors trying to work across party lines: Larry Hogan (R-Md), Chris Sununu (R-N.H.), and Tom Wolf (D-Pa).

POLITICS - Compromise as Evil

Here's the truth.  Starting just after Obama won election (before he was sworn into office) Republicans have made "compromise" an evil word.  Trash the concept that compromise it at the heart of governing.  They became the our-way-or-no-way party.

"Rep. Meadows: Trump debt ceiling deal with Democrats was a 'necessary evil'" PBS NewsHour 9/12/2017

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SUMMARY:  President Trump's decision to side with Democrats on the debt ceiling deal frustrated critics on the right, including North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, who was one of 90 House Republicans to vote against a package to fund the government and Hurricane Harvey aid.  John Yang talks with Meadows about divisions within the GOP, how the party can get results and what's on the agenda.