From The Christian Science Monitor:
Build a working coalition
By Leon E. Panetta
Mr. Panetta is a former director of the CIA and secretary of defense under President Barack Obama.
Dear Joe:
…The nation cannot withstand four more years of partisan gridlock and dysfunction. In our democracy, we govern either by leadership or by crisis. If leadership is willing to take the risks necessary to build consensus, we can avoid or certainly contain crisis. But if leadership is not there, we will inevitably govern by crisis. But there is a price to be paid for relying on crisis – the loss of trust of the American people in our system of governing.
You know what it takes to work together to get things done. It is about building relationships, and the best time to build that working coalition is in the first 100 days of the new administration. The nucleus for that coalition can begin with the bipartisan members of the House and Senate who successfully worked on the last COVID-19 aid package.
Your first legislative efforts should focus on delivering opportunity for all.
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