Heard on the Hill: Bring in the Translator

• By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
• Roll Call Staff
• Oct. 28, 2009, Midnight

Forget the inability of Republicans and Democrats to communicate (one man’s public option is another’s government takeover), or even the whole men-are-from-Mars bit. For conversational breakdowns, you can’t top that old-fashioned North-South divide.