“Barack Obama, the current White House occupant, says that the people have a growing sense that ’something is broken’ in Washington. He attributes this to hyper-partisanship and a consequent lack of civility. As he put it Wednesday, ‘Those of us in Washington are not serving the people as well as we should. At times, it seems like we’re unable to listen to one another; to have at once a serious and civil debate.’” (02/05/10)