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U.S. Senate's deep divide

November 4, 2012 4:30 PM

Washington University professor Steven Smith tells Steve Kroft that Americans are polarized - and tend to trust their own parties to fight on their behalf.

Is the U.S. Senate broken?
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by ElaineUO November 5, 2012 1:07 PM EST
Wish this had been in the TV piece itself. The point he makes about the American public being as polarized as the Senate is an important one -- are our leaders *reflecting* US or are WE reflecting THEM? Chicken. Egg.
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