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While we should all listen—and, more importantly, adopt the intentional stance—conservatives have much more work to do in this respect than liberals.

The country seems more polarized than ever. Here’s what that means for the next election

Do believe that it is also exacerbating this instability that we have in our political class. i would hope more americans can read it, so we can understand we have a lot in common. we share common values as american citizens. and perhaps by showing us that we have a perception gap, maybe we can close it. >> dana: one of the things my colleague talked about on "the five" for years, terry, is that theres media and the media drives a lot of things. you want to tune in, you have to see whats going o...

Understand. if you come across our border from mexico you can -- we will send you right back. but the law is different if youre coming from central america. >> harris: thank you for being with me for the breaking news as the president heads to the g20 summit in osaka, japan. im harris, heres dana. ♪ >> dana: plenty of news developing at this hour. the president making remarks before leaving for the g20 in japan where hell meet up with allies and also face his critics on the world stage, while ...

Great to have you both. people talk about the polarization in america. let me read you a little from this study. from the more in common group. it says democrats and republicans estimates of the proportion of their opponents holding extreme views is almost double the reality, 55% versus 30%. we talked about how its impossible for anybody to get things done, especially in washington. perhaps this is one of the reasons. the good news is maybe americans are more in line in their thinking than they ...

Manufacturing back, the one on the side of the working class, taking on china is donald trump. >> sandra: perhaps we can find some common ground with this. it is called the perception gap. it is how democrats the republicans, how republicans view democrats. and the actual reality of the situation, rather than just a perception. here is how -- what it reveals on parties holding extreme views of each other. fascinating. democrats and republicans, for the portion of their opponents holding extreme ...

Market? >> putting it in their stock market and defending their currency, because to defend their currency, they have got to sell dollars, which means they have got to reduce their foreign exchange risk. >> what do you say, when the chinese leader comes here, what do you say if youre president obama? >> well, you say that the united states can really affect chinas course. theres a number of things that we can do to tank chinas economy and, therefore, really destroy its political system at the sa...

Getting any of that in the polls. we are seeing housing markets, wall street, of course, some downturn, the unemployment numbers are coming down a bit. nobody thinks the white house is to thank for any of this. what does he have to do to close that perception gap? >> i think he has to hope it accumulates, the only way that happens is taking health care away from the problem. this is not about geeze, remember that housing program i launched that kept you in your house? remember that auto bailout ...

Chris christie has the same opportunity in some respects. the contrast between what hes doing in new jersey and what cuccinelli is going to do in virginia today is so obvious. one path is extreme conservatism where the republican candidate emphasizes these issues and goes down to spectacular defeat in a purple state and the other is someone who is pro-life. checks the boxes for the republican party on those issues but doesnt emphasize them and is going to win a spectacular victory in a blue stat...

Seriously by the people in your field. theres a delicate balance where she did it great. demo diva. thats in your face. i chose to kind of not completely go in that direction. >> you dont want to hide it either. >> there is space there. by putting myself out there, im saying hi, im a lady. >> theres a lot of variation by industry. i would completely agree with you. when i was at harvard, one of the things i was doing was consulting and advising governments. i had just a spectrum of colors from d...