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Every election ends in unifying rhetoric, and this one was no different.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Every election ends in unifying rhetoric, and this one was no different. McCain pledged "to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences," and Obama answered his four infinitives with four alliterations, rejecting the "partisanship and pettiness ... that has poisoned our politics for so long." Partisan politics was the stepchild of the founders. They created a two-party system, Federalists and Republicans (today's Democrats), but they were uncomfortable with what they had done. ...

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