SCOTT SIMON, host: Beginning tomorrow, a special series on all NPR news broadcasts, crossing the divide.</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: President GEORGE W. BUSH: I'm a uniter, not a divider.</s>Representative NANCY PELOSI (Republican, California): Partnership, not partisanship.</s>Representative JOHN BOEHNER (Republican, Ohio): Disagree without being disagreeable to each other.</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: Can politicians unite for the common good? It's easy to go to extremes, but much harder to find a way to the middle. Crossing the divide, all next week on NPR.
A window of opportunity exists for the White House and Congress to find common ground. NPR News explores the pros and cons of bipartisanship in Washington in an upcoming series called "Crossing the Divide."