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Pundit Under Protest
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Brooks points out that the best way to arrive at workable solutions is to take the best ideas from all sides of the political spectrum. The Republicans and the Democrats are too ideologically and politically driven and lack the imagination to come up with good solutions.
The unimaginative and overly ideological solutions for renewing America of the Republicans and the Democrats in 2011-2014
10/25/2010
Views that say the best ideas from all sides of the political spectrum are a better way for renewing America than an unimaginative purely ideological way of thinking. This polarized mood has characterized both political parties in the U.S. Partisan politics and lack of moderate positions or policies in both parties.
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