(AP) — Courtesy has dwindled in politics, hurting chances of compromise and pushing voters out of both the Democratic and Republican parties, says former U.S. Sen. John Breaux.He said one reason is that public relations counselors coach politicians to win at all costs: “There is no tie.”Another word for a tie is “compromise,” and without it, no work gets done in Congress, Breaux said. Instead, he said, each party blames the other for the lack of results and frustrated voters drop out and become independents.It was just one in a list of causes that he and former U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston gave for the coarsening of political discourse in Washington.A related program called “Civility in Public Life,” was hosted Friday by the Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs at the Manship School of Mass Communication.
 
 
 
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