The Spirit of CompromiseWhy Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines ItAmy Gutmann and Dennis ThompsonPrinceton University Press, $24.95, 256 pp. Our Divided Political HeartThe Battle for the American Idea in an Age of DiscontentE. J. Dionne Jr.Bloomsbury Press, $27, 336 pp. What ails our politics? Polarization, incivility, and partisan squabbling are (...)
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The danger is that we will have government by duel - 20 paces and the last person standing gets to call the shots. Unfortunately, that seems to lead to circular firing squads.