The common ground of which Republicans speak so warmly is precariously small: passage of free-trade deals, reduced red tape for small business, and tweaks to how unemployment insurance and infrastructure money is doled out.

ECONOMIST: The jobs plan

They speak loudly and warmly to each other in an accent that alternates between a drawling slang and a polite and mannered form of address.

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