The instant polarization that followed the charter school report misrepresented the issue in dangerous ways.
At one point, immigration represented a kind of exception to the polarization that dominates contemporary politics in Washington.
"They get more simplified in a campaign; there is polarization that wouldn't be there but for courting voters," he says.
Using law alone, they want to reverse the ethnic polarization that makes Bosnia barely workable as a country.
When a dielectric is placed in an electric field, it acquires a polarization that depends on the field.
Which is to say, they play a role in fighting for and against the polarization that drives us all nuts.
Viewing it as a moral crusade will only play into and exacerbate the political polarization that is already paralyzing Washington.
Mr. Fleischer also called on the Chávez government to negotiate with its opponents "or risk further polarization that could erupt into violence".
In the 1998 interview, Mr. Mansfield said he worried about the political polarization that had developed in the country generally and in the Senate especially.
But shifts in thinking among younger evangelicals may lead to an easing of the polarization that has defined the country's recent political landscape, many of them said.
One reason may be the polarization that has affected government at all levels, creating an ever more vibrant cottage industry of political consultants and advisers.
