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These antics have been the session, the two word warriors joked as they walked off the floor around as long as we have been a nation. together, heading out to have a drink. During the formative years of our In today’s atmosphere, such camaraderie would be viewed with country, we were governed almost exclusively great suspicion, as though a personal friendship between people by the Federalists — men commonly with different perspectives somehow was a sign of weakness. Elected remembered as our Founding Fathers. officials from the left and the right find it difficult to work with each As these men transitioned out of the other even when their interests in a particular issue are in agreement. Revolutionary War, they created the Articles Doing so would be viewed as aiding the enemy — after all, there is Rick Briscoe of Confederation that served as the basis of another election coming up soon and we don’t want the other party to our early government. The first semblance be able to take credit for any achievements. of organized partisanship erupted as the Constitution was being Sadly, we, the electorate, seem to be just as divided. Many of us drafted. The Federalists found themselves being opposed by an don’t want to associate with others who have a different perspective. aptly named group — the Anti-Federalists — who opposed a We immerse ourselves in groups that make us feel comfortable with stronger central government. our beliefs, and we try to figure out how to minimize the impact of The debates over ratifying the Constitution foreshadowed the “other side.” the conservative-liberal split we are experiencing today. Of I think it is time to quit thinking of governance as a zero-sum course, we know the Constitution was eventually ratified, but few game where one side must lose for the other side to be successful. 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