To be a consistently fair and open minded person I dont think you can feed into a herd mentality, imho. You do need a window into how the other side looks at the picture. I think the situation our country faces is so complex it requires bipartisan efforts. On this point both sides have failed miserably in getting the job done. I aknowledge his efforts to address this issue.
Imagine that, being the bitter bible toting gunclinger...that I am ;)
I aspire to fairness. I don't exactly know what "open mindedness" is.