The political reward too often has become not to do things because you're rewarded back home for not doing it by the hardest of the believers. And the problem with that is In a nation that is so divided, literally 50, 50, literally 50, 50... that trying to advance many of these issues for the American people, people become increasingly difficult. And the last word on that is I've seen this play out. (26:58–27:06)
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Asserts that the nation is evenly divided politically.
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