The real engines of political gridlock, writes ed_kilgore, are institutional obstacles. Beyond that, a flawed premise: Democrats and Republicans don't just disagree on the solutions to problems — they disagree on what the problems even are
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As the Democratic pollster Molly Murphy told me, 2022 is not an election year when most Americans “agree on what the top priorities [for the country] are” and debate “different solutions” from the two major parties. Instead, surveys show that Republican voters stress inflation, the overall condition of the economy, crime, and immigration.
In living memory, some of the more innovative politicians in both parties have refused to play this game of ownership and instead sought to “capture,” or at least neutralize, the other party’s issues with distinctive policies of their own. Most famously, Bill Clinton, to the great dismay of Republicans and quite a few people in his own party, insisted on offering proposals aimed at reducing crime , reforming welfare , and “reinventing government.
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