Maybe, just maybe, this statement is not about the politicians. Maybe the comparison has to do with the part where there is arguing on the streets between "the

Maybe, just maybe, this statement is not about the politicians. Maybe the comparison has to do with the part where there is arguing on the streets between "the sides" of the healthcare and stimulus debates. It could be about a certain charged tension one feels because you can't look anywhere without someone trying to convince you that "$issue is (good|bad)". Maybe its the blowhards on tv are raging about how unfair the other side is being, in a way that rivals election shennanigans. Heck the politicians are double-speaking about policy just the same as always, so I'm not even sure what your retort means. But you are probably right, that comment was about the politicians themselves. Only politicians can make it feel like election season.