[LikeLight]

I am interested in the emotional response I am seeing from so many people. Why are they acting that way? It's an interesting phenomonon.

Yes, I am now fully intrigued. People are seriously angry. Yet I'm as conservative as they come and I've been immersed in this political stuff since FR was just a little Whitewater Forum and I'm not angry at all. In fact, I'm pretty excited about the nomination. What gives?

[gov_bean_ counter]

I think people wanted a fight. The line drawn in the sand. And they wanted an ideologue, albeit a conservative one.

[Miss Marple]

I don't know. I wish I had enough money to fund a study.

Did people somehow vest all their hopes and dreams in a Supreme Court pick, thinking that would make everything wrong right? Are some people jealous of George Bush? Is there a pent-up desire for a knock-down, drag-out fight and people are disappointed from having that taken away? Is there a hidden distrust of women in power, or evangelicals?

I have NO idea the reasons, but it sure is weird.