Douglas decries drift toward partisanship

Former Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas speaks in Manchester last week about the trend toward partisanship in politics at both the state and national levels. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
MANCHESTER — Former Republican Gov. Jim Douglas, who often found himself dealing with a Democrat-dominated Legislature, says he had to develop a few strategies to steer Vermont away from ruts of dysfunction.
Douglas shared his thoughts on partisan and bipartisan government — both in Montpelier and Washingt