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An Insider’s View of Power with Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Former Chief of Staff

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The Most Frustrating Thing About Politics Is Gridlock

The most frustrating thing about politics in the last 25 years really has been gridlock, he says. "It feels like nothing can get done unless it serves the interests of...the wealthiest citizens," Obama adds. The key issue for me is that one party is not participating, and that puts all the burden on Democrats, he writes.

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