Published for The Arena on Politico.com, August 4th, 2010:

The Senate is designed to slow down the process and allow the passions of the people to cool. Democrats don’t like it when they’re in charge, and Republicans don’t like it when they run the Senate. The only way to get things done there is via bipartisan compromise. This does not mean passing Democratic-designed bills with a few Republican amendments tacked on, but coming up with bipartisan initiatives that have senators from both parties on board from the outset.

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