He ran for president in 2016, reelected to a kentucky republican. On cspan and cspan radio. U. S. A. Me Jill Lawrence today columnist and author of the art of the political deal, beat the odds and broke true gridlock. Lets talk about four key areas you wrote about in the book that signs of encouragement. Deal, urray budget veterans deal, public lands deal and farm bill. Hy are these four examples in your mind . Guest these much four were congress got something done in a polarized environment. Genesis of the project was mark of brookings get eard what it took to the deal done which sudden after solve conflicts had failed. At the same time the American Science so, was coming up with parameters for what happen. Llow a deal to it turned out these four happened when a lot of the onditions much ripe for making a compromise even though we were in the heart of the tea Party Presidency the obama and Mitch Mcconnell relentless they managed to get a few things done, some you and some that flew un