The answer is yes. Making the case are two well-known analysts—one from each political party. In their recent publication, Ideas to Re-Center America, William Kristol, a conservative Republican veteran of the George H.W. Bush White House and William Galston, a Democrat and veteran of the Bill Clinton White House, lay out seven big ideas that they believe could move politics beyond polarization.[1]
Some of the ideas may be a tougher sell for their political parties than either Kristol or Galston admit. For instance, I think the recommendations on regulation, sensible though they might be in promoting new business, could be a tough sell for many Democrats. And their ideas for immigration reform, which include a path to citizenship, might not change the minds of many Republicans.
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