How the new majority is handled

Former Clinton policy director Bruce Reed discusses the importance of attaining broad support in this new majority to turn around the economy. Reed suggested that with a Democratic president and wider majorities in both chambers of Congress (and a Democratic majority of governors), we must perform while in the spotlight or we could just as easily lose it all in the next cycle.

He stressed the importance of embracing the good ideas from both parties rather than trying to take credit for every good policy while trying to pin blame on someone else for every mistake. Neither party has a monopoly on good ideas nor the best solutions on every issue, and getting those who disagree on many issues to "buy in" on a solution to any issue is a trait few leaders possess, he said. Reed is the co-author of The Plan with Rahm Emanuel.