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BROOKS: I think there's a level of exhaustion. Plus you have to remind yourself that the partisanship of the parties was never reflective of the country. I've never met a political scientist who thinks public opinion in the country is polarized. There's a big middle on abortion...
BROOKS: All I can say is when you ask politicians what subjects come up at town-hall meetings--which is something I do a lot--issues like global warming and environmentalism never come up.
BROOKS: But in surveys too, when you ask people for the 10 issues that matter most to them, it's always health care, jobs, education, gas prices. Environment is never there.
BROOKS: If the elections were held now, the Republicans would lose. But I think the major effect of Katrina will be to cause people to lose faith in all institutions.
BROOKS: Not necessarily. In the 1970s, the loss of faith in government caused by Vietnam and Watergate actually ended up helping the right because Ronald Reagan came in saying, "Don't trust government." That doesn't mean it'll happen again that way, but there's an opportunity for a...