Former Senator Joe Lieberman believes the center of Congress is the best place from which to legislate. It鈥檚 the sweet spot for negotiation and compromise and making the deals that move the country forward. He thinks Congress would get more done if members would shift closer to the center and away from the fringe.
But how do you bring legislators in today鈥檚 Congress together when they don鈥檛 all share one set of facts? And at what point does centrism become opportunism and the bridge-builder an appeaser? Are there compromises not worth making?
Joe Lieberman joins us to talk about his 24 years as a 鈥渃entrist鈥� legislator and his complicated relationship with 海角换妻 voters.
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- Joe Lieberman - Represented 海角换妻 in the U.S. Senate for 24 years; he is currently the national co-chair of the political group No Labels, and his new book is The Centrist Solution: How We Made Government Work and Can Make It Work Again
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Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired December 7, 2021.
