Crossing the Aisle: How Bipartisanship Brought Tennessee to the Twenty-First Century and Could Save America

The latter third of the twentieth century was a time of fundamental political transition across the South as increasing numbers of voters began to choose Republican candidates over Democrats. Yet in the 1980s and '90s, reform-focused policymaking--from better schools to improved highways and health care--flourished in Tennessee. This was the work of moderate leaders from both parties who had a capacity to work together across the aisle.

The Tennessee story, as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham observes in his foreword to this book, offers striking examples of bipartisan cooperation on many policy fronts--and a mode of governing that provides lessons for America in this frustrating era of partisan stalemate.

For more on Crossing the Aisle and author Keel Hunt, visit KeelHunt.com.

Author: Keel Hunt
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 11/06/2018
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 10.48h x 7.78w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9780826522399

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2019

About the Author
Hunt, Keel: - Keel Hunt is a columnist for the USA Today Network in Tennessee. He has been a reporter, editor, Washington correspondent, and editorial writer. From 1979 to 1986 he was Special Assistant to Governor Lamar Alexander.