If Congress is too polarized to pass anything, we probably won't make the kind of progress we need. If Republican elected officials, with a few notable courageous exceptions, and I'm not going to mention them, because I don't want them to be criticized for having been praised by me.
Barack Obama emphasizes the need for bipartisan cooperation to make progress.
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I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.
If I had a blame pie for why politics is so polarised and why we're seeing a rise of populism in many places, it's because of that information that is going into our brains every day.
And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.
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