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Discussing this with an American collegue today, he said that in America everything tends to be diametrically opposed, with compromise and 'the middle ground' anathema to any way of thinking. Like Karel's country, we often have a government with a small majority, seeking an alliance with a smaller parliamentary party (usually the liberals), in order to pass a particular piece of legislation.A lot of horse trading goes on.
If the American situation were happening here, we would probably muddle a long to a compromise solution, on the lines of Gore being President for two years, followed by Bush for another two years; or vice versa.Who goes first to be decided by a toss of a coin.
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