I'll be honest. I keep hearing about the pendulum swinging more to the middle in politics and I don't buy it. Not for a second. First off, we still have wacko politicians who never should have gotten their office in the first place based on their limited knowledge of science, commerce, and complete lack of empathy. Secondly, politicians are only part of the problem. In this 24 hour news cycle we have created we are getting less and less news (I love Michelle Obama but do I care about what she wears...let fashion magazines and sites report that) and more and more filler. To top it off, these networks make money off a divided and warring nation. If they can't divide you on a topic then you aren't arguing with your neighbor which is driving you to watch more "news" which increases ad revenue which gets advertisers demanding more sensationalism for their dollar. And the cycle goes on. Don't buy it. Not from CNN, HLN, FoxNews, etc. It is all thought conditioning to keep a rickety machine of falsehoods we call an economy going. This may only be part but it is a part we all play into.