Personally, over the years, I have known a lot of people on both ends of the political spectrum, and, once you cut through the rhetoric, when they sit down and work together, the differences tend to be in style or approach, rather than in the goals--

There is a different group, though, who use issues, especially controversial ones, as a vehicle for personal power--left, right, or center, they care only about their personal advancement--these are the ones who scare me, because, no matter how noble the ideas they espouse, they hesitate at nothing to get what they want--

Incidentally Uncle Jaque, a bit of reality check for you, "Komrade" Tom Brokaw is both a close friend and longtime supporter of our President, GW Bush--