Evangelicals have, for decades, believed that the country was more conservative than not, more Christian than not. The bipartisanship on religious liberty and the civic faith of the country was conducive to that. Now they've woken up to a reality in the Obama years that this was a polite fiction.
I'd like to see that bipartisanship come back that we used to have in the House of Representatives, in the Clinton years. I think there's a possibility that the voters are going to send the message that everybody running - Congress, the Senate, the presidency - that they want us to come together.
If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.
Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
We must have courage to set partisanship aside and embrace the best ideas and solutions no matter which side of the aisle they come from.
Our obligation to the people we serve is too important to place politics and partisanship before progress and results.
We can bring people together in an era rife with partisanship and divide.
Though I am probably guilty of indulging in excessive tribalism myself at times, I try to put partisanship to one side where appropriate.
The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?'
In college, I was a fiercely committed Democrat - a meeting with Jack Kemp, then Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenged my blind partisanship.
