Actually, not because of anyone's intention but just because of some sociological and some other things that have happened over 25, 30 years, the parties have sorted themselves out much more ideologically, which has some benefits and some costs.

I don't really believe that people read just the stuff they agree with.

I was "Never Trump." But it turned out never republican was really the theme of this election.

Going from three TV channels to broadcast TV to cable to talk radio; obviously the online explosion has changed things.

Republicans can also point to an alternate path. They can draw upon genuine experts to explain what should be done.

There are a few things [Donald Trump] has been pretty clear he'll do. A big infrastructure program that he'll get bipartisan support for.

People read the Tribune or the Sun-Times, you know, way back when the Tribune was a right-wing paper.It's always been somewhat that way. We take 10, 20 years in the 50s and 60s as kind of the norm, when there was this sort of bi-partisan parent consensus.