An Unlikely, Yet Productive, Pair - Washington Post

Story date: 2008-05-04 09:17:00
Added on: 2008-05-04 22:47:02

One is a free-market Republican from Wall Street with roots in the rural Midwest and a passion for bird-watching. The other is a rumpled, union-hall Democrat from Bayonne, N.J., who once famously described himself as "a left-handed, gay Jew." About ...


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