Election coverage of the 2008 road to the White House has been non-stop for the past year or so. And judging by the media coverage, this political race is as hot as any we've seen. So, we're wondering how we-in this country and abroad-can come together to handle political issues productively.

We got different takes on this question by talking with some Harvard students, an OpenCongress.org blogger, a former adviser to the French Prime Minister, and a Christian Science lecturer involved in Bobby Kennedy's presidential bid.