The recent elections have made Business Roundtable chairman Harold (Terry) McGraw III hopeful that a less partisan political atmosphere can lead to real progress in addressing America’s economic challenges. “The election is over,” said McGraw, chairman, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies, in a Wharton Leadership Series lecture two days after the November 7 election. “I’m tempted to add, ‘Thank goodness.’ It wasn’t necessarily our finest hour, given all the mud that was thrown around. “Perhaps if we can turn that mud into a new layer of topsoil, we can begin to plant the seeds that will form more productive policies. But now it’s time for our political leaders to get to work.” The Business Roundtable includes CEOs from 160 of the country’s largest companies, with $4.5 trillion in annual revenues and more than 10 million employees. Member companies represent nearly a third of the total value of the U.S. stock markets.…