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In reply to the discussion: Dole: 'I doubt' I could make it in today's GOP [View all]CBHagman
(16,982 posts)10. I wouldn't say there's no room for that in either party...
...but Dole does belong to a period of American politics that looks harmonious by contrast (though it certainly was not, at the time).
I do know that former Senate majority leader George Mitchell recently spoke of how he and Dole managed their working relationship. It was based on directness and respect, a willingness to speak frankly to each other without the one dragging the other down.
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Obama tries to get bipartisanship from Republicans. Reid works to get people across the aisle
Nanjing to Seoul
May 2013
#37
Republicans want 100% or nothing at all, Democrats are willing to let the debate be over and gain 0%
ck4829
May 2013
#12
The real problem was Gingrich and his bogus Contract with America -- Tea Party precursor.
Buzz Clik
May 2013
#49
That's exactly the point: the GOP is what Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Dole, McCain, etc Made It
Demeter
May 2013
#42
Gov. Ray Shafer of PA .... next door neighbor's brother as a little kid ... very middle class area
Botany
May 2013
#9
Dole once said that his vote for Medicare is the one he regretted most. Fuck Dole and his lousy
byeya
May 2013
#15
That's a might big "if" though. Not big enough, in my book, to vote for a Republican.
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#34