Amid the global euphoria surrounding Barack Obama’s victory — and the hopeful talk about a new bipartisanship in Washington — the Democrats are forgetting a powerful truth: modern Republicans are tied inextricably to slash-and-burn politics.
Even if some Republicans did want to shift toward a more bipartisan approach — after more than three decades of successfully using “wedge” tactics and armed with a right-wing media infrastructure built to destroy opponents — such a change might be impossible.
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