"WE HAVE A LEVEL OF POLARIZATION, PARTISAN AND IDEOLOGICAL, THAT SIMPLY IS SHARPER THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR LIFETIMES.
" – Dr. Norman Ornstein
Norman Ornstein, Political Scientist and resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute, speaks about his book titled "It's Even Worse Than It Looks."
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