Imagine how our political culture would change if we all thought like Ronald Reagan today.
refused to speak to one another. That simply can't happen in a democracy like ours where conversation is essential to getting anything done.
I also believe that politics wore them both down. To have someone from the other side who you could shake hands with and have a beer with was important to both men. It was almost out of necessity that they became friends because, as the saying goes, in Washington if you want one you should get a dog.
They were on opposing teams, one a die-hard Democrat the other a rock-ribbed Republican, but they managed to create something precious and long-lasting out of the short time they had together and in the process showed us, 40 years later, how we should behave. That style of backroom politics may be too idealistic now, but I still wish we had it. It's clear that O'Neill and Reagan didn't agree on a lot, but they were willing to give a little in order to find common ground.
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