“There is only one path that will succeed in preventing civil war and promote working well together to make real improvements and that is to have a very strong middle. This strong middle would consist of bipartisans who are bound together to beat the extremists and then go on to reform the system and deal with our structural problems — i.e., to reform the system to work well for most people by creating broad-based capabilities, productivity, and prosperity.”

“Because those now controlling the two parties do not want party members to work across party lines and because there is certainly no room for people who put the interest of the country above loyalty to their parties, we are now in a period of much greater conflict both within and between the parties.”