SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It used to be said that every American social, political and fashion trend started in California. Let’s hope that’s true again with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s concept of “post-partisanship.”
The idea doesn’t have to sweep the nation like Hula-Hoops or counter-culturalism. It just has to take hold in Washington, D.C.
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