Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120724:01:43:00
There's tons of gridlock, and congress is at its lowest approval rating since we started grading that. doesn't that show a wise goal for us to strive for? >> it's only one element of what we would want from the government. it's true that gridlock has negative consequences, and they're very evident, but it also has this positive side which i think has gone unrecognized previously. that is under the circumstances, when not much policy is adopted, it doesn't mean that government is doing better, but it does mean those policies that are adopted tend to be more popular. it's a bit of a silver linin...