[Red Slinger]

That was a great speech. He really is trying to be every American's President. Unfortunately, the positive sentiment will fade away almost immediately for most. I'm not trying to be overtly negative when I say that. As a matter of fact as I was watching the service I couldn't help but get caught up in the overwhelming positivity of it. At one point I even thought that perhaps the political rhetoric would die down as a result of this incident and the President's speech...

...and then I turned to CNN to listen to Anderson Cooper and his octo-box of pundits. Immediately after the speech they were breaking it down into it's political points and judging it as they would any other political speech rather than judging it as a memorial and reassurance for the nation. They completely took it out of context and were counting the political hits and misses from the speech. Maybe they had such a clinical reaction because they are entrenched into the political machinery of Washington, but regardless, I was immediately snapped back to the cold, negative, partisan reality.

For now, most of the mainstream political leaders will tone down the rhetoric. However, as soon as it is politically expedient the "sharp political divisions" will be on parade once again in Washington and the political media. They enjoy their own game far too much to really deviate from it longterm.