Whither American politics?

From the Washington Post:

in “The Way to Win,” a new book by two of the media’s best political observers, Mark Halperin of ABC News and John F. Harris of The Post. They see two basic strategic ideas at work in today’s politics: the “synthesizer” approach of former president Bill Clinton, and the “clarifier” tactics of President Bush and his political guru, Karl Rove. Here’s the way Halperin and Harris describe the two styles:

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