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Originally posted by DeltAlum
As a (slightly) more long time observer than most of you, I find the partisanship much deeper over the past few years. It appears to me that the country is much more divided and that individuals are much more intransigent in their feelings and beliefs than I can remember.
Some Poli Sci department or grad student should study this campaign.
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When I ask why the media seems to encourage it, I was refering to this campaign campared to previous ones... I don't remember there being that many programs that had people from both parties going at each other so "enthusiastically"; I remember debates and discussions - not cheap shots and sound bites. Nor do I remember the parties actually using a political stance as an insult before - you know using "liberal" or "conservative" as some sort of insulting label?