INTRODUCTION
PREFACE WHO WE ARE
“Why I Am a Liberal” by Bob Beckel
“Why I Am a Conservative” by Cal Thomas
PART I WHERE WE ARE
1 The People vs. the Polarization of American Politics
2 The Polarization of American Politics
3 “The Rest of Us”
4 Congressional Stories
5 The Parties
6 The Press, Fund-raisers, and Myths
PART II THE GATHERING STORMS
7 Storm Clouds from the South
8 A Circular Firing Squad
9 “I’ll Never Lie to You”
10 Roe v. Wade
11 The Reagan Revolution
PART III STORMS
12 Iran-Contra and Bob Bork: The Peace Ends
13 The Politics of Personal Destruction
14 Polarization’s Poster Children: Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
15 Clinton Years/Clinton Wars
16 Clinton’s Revenge
17 George Bush Rides In
18 War Abroad and War at Home
PART IV THE WAY WE WERE
19 A Change of Culture
20 When Adults Were in Charge
21 Bipartisanship
22 The Power of the Parlor
PART V COMMON GROUND
23 Common Ground: Slogan or Choice?
24 Common Ground: A Campaign Guide for 2008
25 Selling Common Ground
26 Thoughts and Conclusions
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SEARCHABLE TERMS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
CREDITS
COPYRIGHT
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER