This is an audio cast of the Frontline Mini Series,

divided states of America, part two,

premiering January 18th on PBS and online.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.

There is the United States of America.

It was a promise of change to a divided country.

The President walked in with an expectation that he would be able to reach across the aisle.

But in Washington, an epic battle.

You could almost see the polarization. It was palpable.

So how is that hope to change? You think we're gonna work it out for it?

Tea party rose out to say enough is enough.

And the anger that paved the way for a political outsider.

How stupid are our leaders?

His nomination was the hostile takeover of the Republican Party.

I am your voice.

If you wanted the exact opposite of Donald Trump, it's Barack Obama.

Part two of a special two-part series.

Obama came on the mandate of changing Washington by his very presence.

He forced more polarization and gridlock than we had seen in the eight years prior.

Divided states of America.

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