In surveying voters over the weekend, Mr. Hart found that more than a third of each candidate's supporters say they have grown to "detest" either John McCain or Sen. Obama so deeply that they would have a hard time accepting the one they don't support as president.*There is nothing particularly new about this phenomenon. I suspect at least 1/3 of Republicans hated and didn't accept Clinton and at least 1/3 of Democrats feel the same way about Bush.
For reasons I don't understand, it is now okay to hate the other party's candidate, and the horse he rode in on. I mean really hate, as in be happy if the miserable SOB develops incurable cancer. COTTonLINE deplores this trend.
*Source: Wall Street Journal print edition for Tuesday, October 14, 2008, page A10. No web link to an open source at the WSJ could be found.
