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Common Ground with Jane Whitney

Can This Marriage Be Saved? Avoiding National Divorce

Season 5 Episode 501

Weary from living in an ideological war zone, that’s often compared to a toxic marriage, many Americans say it’s long past time for a national divorce. “Common Ground” weighs in: Will life be better – or worse – if the red and blue states split and the great American experiment ends? Or, can we overcome our seemingly irreconcilable differences?

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