We spoke a little more and it occured to me that to many non partisan voters would have the same feelings about these results that my friend does. I know that all of us here, to one extent or another, have a partisan view of things. I want Democrats to win, and I really want to take back the White House. Because of this I would much rather see the Repubs nominate a Romney or Thompson than a Huckabee or a McCain. That being said I think my friends question leads to some other questions we should be asking about tonights results and about politics in general.

1.) The obvious question is was tonights result good for our country? Being as I like Obama I would say yes, although I would be happy with any of our top three candidates. But what about Huckabee, and what about the bigger point?

2.) This is, from a political standpoint, the more important question; if there are many people out there, like my friend, who feel this way (and I am not sure there are, but it is a question worth asking) does that point to this being the right time for a candidate like Obama?

I suppose my main reason for posting this is that I thought it was an interesting way of looking at things and thought it could provide insight and a new point of view. It has often occurred to me that, as a group, we over estimate the partisan divide in this nation because we ourselves feel so strongly as partisan entities. My friend also pointed out that so many of the other candidates seemed to be angry at someone or possibly everyone and that they seemed to believe fear would be the best motivator for the American people (I am paraphrasing this of course.) It seems to me that this is the underlying difference in rhetoric between those who won tonight and those who finished behind them. I guess that leads to a third question; how much did this play into the results tonight, and how much was it other things?