The Centrist Solution

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In this era of extremism, our largest problems remain unsolved and our international leadership is compromised. Having two fiercely opposed political parties is what John Adams, the second President of the United States, dreaded "as the greatest political evil under our Constitution."If American government is to work, it must do so in the center--where open discussion, hard negotiation, and effective compromise take place. Lieberman shows how legislative progress and all-inclusive government occurs when politicians reject extremism and embrace productive compromise. In The Centrist Solution, he shines a light on ten milestones of centrist success during his time in government--from the Clean Air Act of 1990 and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the repeal of the military's anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. In the telling, Senator Lieberman extracts lessons and methods of centrist collaboration. The centrist solution leads to government truly of the people, by the people, and for the people