When I hear you speak, I'm not sure you're all that optimistic about the ability of the two parties to find common ground. Am I wrong in the way I read that, you know, they could find common ground? They We could find common ground if, for example, the majority party was not bound and determined to leverage the power that they have to win the next election. we could find common ground. I suppose if Democrats were, the leadership of the Democratic Party were to just basically cave and say, okay, we're going to go along with … (05:43–06:00)
CLAIM
Asserts that the majority party's focus on electoral victory hinders finding common ground.
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