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American politics just keeps getting more polarized. Be assured that Obama wants it that way. I argue in Radical-in-Chief that Obama's long-term hope is to divide America along class lines (roughly speaking, tax payers versus tax beneficiaries). Obama's attack on the Supreme Court at his 2010 State of the Union address, his offensive against the Chamber of Commerce, his exhortation to Hispanics to punish their enemies, and several similar moves were all efforts to jump-start a populist movement of the left. Like his socialist organizing mentors, Obama believes that a country polarized along class lines will eventually realign American politics...

America has become politically polarized to a degree I never thought I'd see. We've reached a point where the old "Us versus Them" attitude between the political left and right is nearing open warfare. Whether it's one of the New Black Panthers intimidating potential Republican voters at the polls or a Tea Partier putting his foot on the neck of a counter-protester, the signs are obvious: America is becoming a dangerous place. We've labeled and categorized ourselves and each other. We've divided ourselves into inimical groups and occupy ourselves with hateful and fruitless pursuits, each group trying to discredit the...