politics is broken. and it is if you re looking at washington. but as the great speaker of the house tip o neill liked to say, world politics is local and at that local level, there is a revolution brewing. it s what scholars call a metropolitan revolution. cities and counties across the country are getting over political dwivides, revitalizin america. look at mayor boomburg s ambitious plans for applied sciences, rahm emanuel intra structure truss in chicago, denver s transit system or the $7 billion in public and private investments that transformed oklahoma city. the metropolitan revolution is a much needed reminder that america often works from the bottom up. so when you despair about washington, turn your gaze at a town or city or state that s getting is right.