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National Journal
July 23, 2010
"Dan Glickman aims to restore civility to Washington, but not by doing away with partisanship. 'Partisanship is not necessarily bad,' says Glickman, who is joining the Bipartisan Policy Center as a senior fellow. 'You need strong differences of opinion.' In his view, new platforms of communication have amplified political invective, undermining bipartisan cooperation. 'I'm a student of history, and there's always been partisan bitterness,' he says. 'What's bad is when it becomes ugly and vitriolic and personal, and I think that probably modern technology accelerates that a bit.'
At the Bipartisan Policy Center, Glickman, 65, is well placed to try to curb vituperation in Congress while at the same time respecting ideological differences. The center is 'dedicated to trying to get resolution to problems that we're facing, whether it's debt or surface transportation or health care or national security. [But] it is not a nonpartisan group. It is a bi-partisan group.'"
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