It doesn't really matter what the bipartisanship leads to – it's about feeling good.

This is an unusually unthoughtful remark. Feeling good typically indicates an awarensess of positive dynamics evolving in a situation. Some people, of course, feel good for very shallow reasons, like whether or not they have a beer in their hand. But in the context of this remark, I think it should be emphasized that if you believe your thinking is being vindicated by events you feel good. If you believe a negative trend is being reversed, you feel good. If you believe that something important is being accomplished, or that dumbassery is being reversed, or that someone trustworthy is being sent to lead the band, you feel good.

WHy shouldn't that be a factor in how you vote or what you support? WHy would you support people or actions that made you feel depressed, guilty, fractured or ashamed?

I suppose a lot of Republicans are very uncomfortable with this line of reason because if they opened up to it, in light of their contributions tot he debacles of 2000-2008 they would feel ashamed and that is nopt a comfortable feeling at all.

Many of them are making up for that by jumping ship and putting thier support behind Barack Obama.


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