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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 "e;across the aisle."e;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.