Perhaps my least least favorite Democrat, John Edwards, has announced he is running for President in '08. Kip Esquire observes:
How astonishing — and depressing — it was to see a man intentionally making divisiveness the core theme of his campaign. It is wrong when conservatives do it ("us versus gays," "us versus immigrants," "us versus Muslims"), and it's wrong when liberals do it ("us versus the rich," "us versus Wal-Mart," "us versus Wall Street"). September 11th wasn't so long ago that such categorizations are proper.
We can never get so far away from 9-11 that it would be proper.
"...a man intentionally making divisiveness the core theme of his campaign."
The alternative view, of course, is that of a man pointing out the divisiveness that exists, so it can be fought against and minimized; from that point of view, pretending that the actual divividers, and divisions, don't exist is crazy, and refusing to fight back against the divisiveness is to stand with the strong against the weak.