Liberals are great because they believe in taking care of others. They are aware of the big picture, unbiased about our ability to make mistakes, truly committed to making government accountable to the welfare and betterment of the people. They believe in the power of negotiation and the ability to meet any challenge with intelligence.

Conservatives are great because they believe in the right of the individual, they honor the overachiever and the exceptional, they believe we are each accountable for our own actions, and that the right to excel should never be limited, they feel that the government shouldn't be our parent but our guardian. They believe in a strong military and the innate goodness of America.

These philosophys represent two halves of a whole, the male and female of politics in America.
Our country has unfailingly voted in what American most needed at the moment, just as in a marriage one partner sometimes leads and sometimes follows. If we stop focusing on the worst extremes in each other and instead remember all the positives we will stop seeing the other as the adversary but rather a partner.