“Throughout his nearly two-year-long campaign for the White House, Barack Obama has talked about Americans’ hunger for unity — their ache for a government that will get past the petty divisions of recent decades, put aside partisanship, and come together to solve problems. From what we can tell, Obama’s desire to provide that kind of presidency is sincere and stems from his own personality and history. … But as we finally approach the end of this campaign, one has to wonder whether Obama knows quite what he’s in for. Not what will happen over the next three weeks but what he’ll face if he actually wins. Because for all his talk of bringing Americans together, a President Obama could face an opposition so consumed with disgust and anger and outright hate that it would make the 1990s look like a tea party.” (10/14/08)