Can Republicans and Democrats ever work together again?

It wasn't always this way. Once Democrats and Republicans shared a common objective of creating an America better than the one we inherited. We often differed on methods and on exactly what "better" meant, but we all shared the belief that we lived in the best nation in the world and that it was our duty and privilege to build on that foundation for a better future. Somewhere along the way things changed.

Some claim things changed in the post WWII Cold War when we started being concerned with enemies within. Others lay blame on the Vietnam War where the public was manipulated into a war that many saw no reason for. It was a time when our government overtly began to ignore the will of the people to follow its own priorities and interests. Some suggest it happened more recently with the growing power of special interests, climate activism, and numerous competing groups all vying for the power to shape things according to their own vision, regardless of what others wanted.