Obama came into office with the goal of uniting the country, but now the divide is even wider than it was during the Bush years. "We are caught in a pendulum swing of hyper-partisanship," writes John Avlon in his book "Wingnuts," his word for the lunatic right-wing fringe. Now that America has fought a war against extremism abroad, the war against extremism at home is just beginning. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.