had already been settled, Ron Paul was disqualified, Obama was not, by implication and everyone should move on. By the way, that's a pretty obvious example of how tribalism doesn't just affect the Obama bumper sticker waving crowd but even the supposedly thoughtful 'lesser of two evils' crowd." I disagree. The tribalists dismiss Paul out of hand, but the lesser of two evilists, as with Romney, look at Paul in toto, including, but in no way limited to, his views on abortion, and see him as more evil, on balance, than Obama. And, as with Freddie, I find this notion of "it's already been settled" to be strange. To partisan Democrats, of course, the issue, any issue, really, when it comes to choosing between the two main parties and their candidates, is settled in advance. Other folks will say that, perhaps, on this particular issue, Paul really is better than Obama, on balance, Obama is better than Paul and Democrats are better than Republicans. And, again, where is it, exactly, that the issue was treated as "settled?" On websites more or less devoted to tribe Democrat/clan Obama. On other sites, like Counterpunch and Greenwald, the issue is not so treated. Partisan websites are partisan. Yes, we know that. "A car is careening down a hill, out of control. The brakes have failed. Two guys in the front seat struggle against each other to take control of the wheel. One says, 'We must turn left and go over this 200 ft.