Can this 'marriage' be saved? How conservatives and liberals can learn to trust again

Over the past few years, I’ve led dozens of workshops in which ordinary Americans across the ideological spectrum share their strongly held political views.

It’s no surprise that liberals and conservatives have deep disagreements on the core issues facing America. But they usually agree on one thing: Congress is broken.

As one participant exclaimed: “Please stop fighting all the time and get things done!”

As another reflected: “Neither side is going to finally vanquish the other. So we’d better figure out how to get along and run the country together.”

It’s not just the constituents who are upset with the current environment. Members of Congress themselves are sick of being a legislator in today’s toxic, hyper-partisan environment.