First, PD, I agree with you completely. Well said.

Rob, I appreciate your point of view, I just disagree with it completely :-) Changing the tenure of political debate, if that’s what everyone is expecting from Obama, is a pipe dream. I’m not saying he isn’t a motivating speaker, it’s just that I don’t believe that, in and of itself, will be a game changer. The debate involves both sides of the political spectrum, whether the Dems control the WH or not…and I don’t see the GOP changing anything. That said, I think McCain, who voted in almost lock step with the Prez, is not a maverick at all, just a well-positioned “brand.”

And when it comes to partisanship, I can’t disagree that we’re in a trough of the swell right now, but there will always be a give and take; that’s the nature of the beast…and in many, many ways, it’s a good thing.

Pilt