The latter third of the twentieth century was a time of fundamental political transition across the South as increasing numbers of voters began to choose Republican candidates over Democrats. Yet in the 1980s and '90s, reform-focused policymakingfrom better schools to improved highways and health careflourished in Tennessee. This was the work of moderate leaders from both parties who had a capacity to work together "across the aisle."The Tennessee story, as the Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jon Meacham observes in his foreword to this book, offers striking examples of bipartisan cooperation on many policy frontsand a mode of governing that provides lessons for America in this frustrating era of partisan stalemate.For more on Crossing the Aisle and author Keel Hunt, visit KeelHunt.com.
