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America under George Bush in 2006 [10min]

A discussion on America under George Bush with Robert Guest, Washington correspondent, The Economist: :The state of American politics at the moment is unbelievably polarised. The two parties aren't really talking to each other. It's not as polarised as it was during the Civil War and probably not as polarised as it was during the Vietnam era, but it's a lot worse than it was during the 1990s or the 1980s."
Read entire article at The World in 2006 from The Economist