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That is why Hart puts unity up there with the other two principal desires in his distillation of the most-wanted presidential qualities.
The current field of presidential candidates does not offer much hope of finding that ideal. But Brownstein has a suggestion that could help the eventual winner: Consider a collaborative or what he calls an "interactive" approach to the presidency.
"On health care," he writes, "a president could ask the heads of General Motors and Wal-Mart to sit with the leaders of the major health-care unions and consumer groups to explore areas of agreement and to pinpoint their remaining disagreements. On energy issues, oil and utility executives could be brought together with environmentalists and climate scientists. Such a convening style of leadership would tap the energy of voters and interest groups alike exhausted by the warfare in Washington."
Indeed, it would. And what a cause for Thanksgiving that would be.
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