I found this fascinating quote today:
Let me put this into a 2010 perspective for you: Lee Atwater's M.O. was to divide and conquer, and that's exactly what we still see in G.O.P. politics as well as the cultural life and national dialogue of 2010 U.S.A. The vicious and angry tone we saw in the health care debate (and every other issue) is the result of the Atwater game plan that Republican operatives have employed ever since the master trained his troops.huffingtonpost.com, Beth Arnold: Boogie Man: The Parable of Lee Atwater, May 2010
You should read the whole article.
