But he faces criticism for presiding over a government so divided that little gets done — a criticism he does not dismiss entirely, though he is adamant that he has done everything possible.
But the point is the only way to get things done in a divided polarized country is side by side — an acceptable Democratic project paired with an acceptable Republican one.
Dent, 53, of Pennsylvania, is a leader of a "center-right" group of about 50 House Republicans, ranging from conservatives to moderates, who try to get things done in a divided Washington.
People didn't get divided by this.
"The people will choose when the time comes," Mr Mugabe added, "and you will be part of that process but don't get divided by that question now".
Then how do strangers get along divided as we are racially, socially, intellectually, economically.
But until the double-team of 'When Did Politics Get So Divided?' and 'Oh Jeremy Snorebin, What About the Midlands?' pitches you all send out every week start getting rejected, I think you're alright lads.
At his news conference, he said, "If the basic proposition is 'it's my way or the highway,' we're probably not going to get something done because we've got divided government".
It is, pollsters say, what the voters want to hear, and it is, obviously, the prerequisite for getting much done in a narrowly divided government.
"If he's going to try to get anything done in a partisan divide, and a divided Senate, Biden is a tremendous asset because he knows the players, the institution, and he has credibility," said John Podesta, the chief executive of the Center for American Progress, who led Mr. Obama's transition team after the 2008 election.
