Did Boozy Politicos Really Govern Better?
In Newsweek & The Daily Beast's latest Op-Vid, David Frum takes a look back at the 1950s Congress that avoided the gridlock of today. But, were those genial drinking politicos really more effective? Watch Frum and Michael Tomasky on solving bipartisan conflict both then and now.

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