But the report also emphasized a common ground of cooperation between federal and local officials.
"I have a lot to be thankful for," he said in a speech that emphasized only common ground between Democrats and Republicans, and made only glancing references to the disputes that punctuated the campaign and its often bitter aftermath.
(Kennedy addressed the issue of his faith and mostly neutralized it, as Romney tried to do in a 2007 speech that emphasized his common ground with mainstream Christian denominations).
Though Ms. Black acknowledged that she had sent her children to private schools, saying that "schools in New York City 15 years ago were not at the caliber they are today," she emphasized the common ground she said she shared with public school parents and teachers.
Could be that Ernst has the last laugh, because weird as it may be, it put Ernst on the map and emphasized some common ground with Iowa farmers.
"Right now we need to emphasize the common ground".
Ms. Yellen, presiding over an increasingly fractious group of policy makers, has sought to emphasize their common ground.
While Mr. Garber and the committee chairmen noted how much the lawyers agreed on -- including a general recommendation that the lawmakers find "clear and convincing" proof of actions warranting impeachment -- Mr. Reich did not emphasize their common ground.
Instead, he seeks to emphasize common values across religions.
He has also emphasized that he finds common ground with Mr. Obama on education issues, especially on the question of merit pay for teachers.
