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Mr. Greenwald has given a good voice to something I've been thinking for a while now. People seem to have this conception that there's this list of non-partisan business that's not getting done because congress is bickering over "partisan" issues. I'm imagining them trying to pass a resolution that "puppies are cute", but they can't because dammit, they don't agree on abortion.
The fact is, if you want bipartisanship, you want things to stay exactly where they are. Because for the most part, we all want change, but half of us have a mostly different vision of what that change is. Any change is partisan by nature, and can't really think of anything that's not politicized. So my version of politics is, make up your mind, convince as many people as you can, elect the people that represent you, try to get more elected than the other guys, and then take no prisoners.
