The way out of our dysfunctional government and polarized quagmire starts with us

Lynn Schmidt, Columnist and Editorial Board member with the Post-Dispatch,  talks with former Congressman Mickey Edwards and author of “The Parties Versus the People. How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans.” Edwards was a member of Congress for 16 years, serving as the chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee. He was also a founding member of the Heritage Foundation. He is now a registered Independent. Edwards worries about the rise of authoritarian populism and about the lack of responsiveness and dysfunction of our government. Luckily, Edwards has some suggestions and shares that the power rests with all of us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.