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The New Denial: How much of partisan gridlock is driven by race?

September 11, 2013 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Activism, Civil Rights, Congress, Obama, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Senate, Voting/Elections One comment

Recently, historian Taylor Branch said, “Everybody says partisan gridlock is poisoning America, but nobody asks how much of it, underneath, is driven by race

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