“It's not healthy for the country to have parties with polar opposite views without that bridge that you need to build consensus.”

Statement of April 2009, as quoted in "US Sen. Olympia Snowe in her own words" by The Associated Press (28 February 2012) http://web.archive.org/20120229071826/www.seattlepi.com/news/article/US-Sen-Olympia-Snowe-in-her-own-words-3368674.php.

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