Partisans on both sides are hell-bent on total victory
After the deadly shooting in Tucson that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in 2011, many people erroneously and instantaneously blamed Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and others on the right for their violent or "eliminationist" rhetoric.
In the wake of that tragedy, President Obama called for civility. "At a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we
