On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:33 PM, shag wrote:
> I'd like to talk about that. Listening to Obama last night, he
> repeatedly
> emphasized that the way to get things done was to stop engaging in the
> petty partisan infighting that has characterized u.s. politics.
>
> What about that is so thrilling to the electorate?
It appeals to the middle American instinct to split the difference and to avoid conflict. As if it were possible to split the difference between war and peace, rich and poor, jail and not-jail, etc.