Topics: Politics
Public Release Date: February 15, 2011
The Republican and Democratic parties are entrenched in calcified partisanship, where politics is played as a zero-sum game. The rise of the Tea Party, liberal backlash, and the exodus of moderate voices from Congress all point toward the public’s growing discontent. Has our two-party system failed us? Is this a call to change our two-party system of governance?
ARGUING YES:
David Brooks: Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times
Arianna Huffington: Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief at the Huffington Post
ARGUING NO:
Zev Chafets: Founding Editor of The Jerusalem Report
P.J. O’Rourke: Political Satirist& Best-Selling Author, Best-Selling Author
MODERATOR-IN-CHIEF:
John Donvan: Emmy award-winning journalist