Ex-Senate leaders join bipartisan effort - Yahoo! News

Ex-Senate leaders join bipartisan effort - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON - Four former Senate majority leaders are heading a new group aimed at putting aside partisan politics and offering solutions to the nation's biggest issues. The Bipartisan Policy Center, to be announced at a news conference Tuesday, will be directed by former Sens. Howard Baker, R-Tenn.; George Mitchell, D-Maine; Bob Dole, R-Kan.; and Tom Daschle, D-S.D. 'We've all been leaders and you know how difficult it is,' said Dole, who served as both majority and minority leader between 1985 and 1996. 'We're all partisan in a way,' Dole said in an interview Monday, adding they also hope to show that 'compromise is not a bad word.' Mitchell, who led the Senate from 1989 to 1995, added, 'If the four of us can reach consensus in some areas it might have a beneficial effect.'"