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Getting to Maybe: The Critical Need for Compromise in Congress

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 01.08.2013 | Politics
Read More: Evan Bayh, Congress, William Ury, Kent Conrad, Dick Durbin, Roger Fisher, Steve Kroft, Compromise, Mike Crapo, Bipartisan, Thomas Mann, Tom Coburn, Negotiations, Getting to Yes, Robert Gates, Bob Dole, No Labels, E.J. Dionne, Harry Reid, Judd Gregg, 112th Congress, Sixty Minutes, Democratic Caucus, Huffington Post, Norm Ornstein, National Election, Politics News
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

We are not delusional or naive enough to expect that getting to maybe will be an easy task. We recognize that over the past few years, compromise in Congress has become an oxymoron and bipartisanship a dirty word.

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The Politics of Division and Subtraction

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 08.20.2012 | Politics
Read More: Independents, Primary, Americans Elect, No Labels, Linda Killian, Democratic Party, Swing Voters, Republican Party, National Election, Politics News
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

As the parties have polarized they have grown the divide between them and subtracted a large number of registered voters from their rolls. This polarization has increased the ranks of reported independents substantially.

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Nationalizing the Election in a Bad Year

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Branding, Democratic Party, Election Analysis, National Election, Politics News
Mike Lux

Democrats really need to spend some serious time rethinking how they operate in the down cycles, and how they can promote and defend their brand every single election.

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Why the Political is Personal(ity)

Aimee Liu | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Candidate Identities, Presidential Election, Personality Politics, Psychology, Identity Politics, National Election, Sarah Palin; Barack Obama; John Mccain; Obama Leadership; Palin Leadership;, Home News
Aimee Liu

There are seven basic traits that we all have in common, and our own personalities influence how we respond to Obama and Palin. This election season we would do well to understand how these seven traits affect our actions and reactions.

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