On This, We Agree!

Consensus has driven and shaped cherished, enduring principles of democracies worldwide. As a nation, politics comes naturally to Americans, part of our heritage as independently minded people of all stripes. At the heart of this optimism is the acknowledgment that democracy, when functioning and adjusting where it should, has historically been the most powerful form of government because public deliberation and consultation provide all a stake in the nation's outcome. Divisions over how to achi