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Common Ground How to Stop the Partisan War That Is Destroying America

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ISBN-10: 0061236349

ISBN-13: 9780061236341

Edition: N/A

Authors: Cal Thomas, Bob Beckel

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Inspired by their popular USA Today column, conservative Cal Thomas and liberal Bob Beckel show politicians of both stripes how to get beyond partisanship, restore civility, and move our country forward. Thomas and Beckel are a unique pair in today's political climate-pundits from opposite sides who not only talk to each other but work together to find common ground on some of the most divisive issues facing us, from the war in Iraq to gay marriage to the Patriot Act. Common Ground unmasks the hypocrisy of many of the issues, organizations, and individuals who created and deepened the partisan divide at the center of American politics, and makes a strategic case for why this bickering must…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/9/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Introduction
Preface: Who We Are
"Why I Am a Liberal"
"Why I Am a Conservative"
Where We Are
The People vs. the Polarization of American Politics
The Polarization of American Politics
"The Rest of Us"
Congressional Stories
The Parties
The Press, Fund-raisers, and Myths
The Gathering Storms
Storm Clouds from the South
A Circular Firing Squad
"I'll Never Lie to You"
Roe v. Wade
The Reagan Revolution
Storms
Iran-Contra and Bob Bork: The Peace Ends
The Politics of Personal Destruction
Polarization's Poster Children: Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
Clinton Years/Clinton Wars
Clinton's Revenge
George Bush Rides In
War Abroad and War at Home
The Way We Were
A Change of Culture
When Adults Were in Charge
Bipartisanship
The Power of the Parlor
Common Ground
Common Ground: Slogan or Choice?
Common Ground: A Campaign Guide for 2008
Selling Common Ground
Thoughts and Conclusions
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index