Prediction

I think Barack Obama, if he's elected, will deliberately use bi-partisan individuals, not as token appointees, but as real players in his Administration, because he deeply understands how we as a country need to be brought together, not divided. My fear is that punishment of such individuals as Cheney and Gonzales will go by the wayside in the terrible crush of events and priorities that need to be observed. This is, to paraphrase Obama, the United States of America, not the Divided States and I predict we will see that kind of color-blindness (color-blindness in terms of Red States versus Blue States, Them versus Us, Small Town versus Big City, real Virginia versus phony Virginia, etc.) enforced and spread throughout everything that he attempts to do to bring our country back from the edge.