It&#x27;s a sad commentary on the state of America&#x27;s appetite for intelligent analysis when serious journalism can&#x27;t compete with attractive talking heads ignorantly spouting talking points. Obama may have said that the increased political rancor was one of the greatest regrets of his presidency, but I think this points to how little of that was attributable to him.<p>Though I&#x27;d be willing to bet that their name was half their problem. With the amount of xenophobia we&#x27;re seeing these days, a large percentage of the population likely wrote them off based solely on that and was never exposed to their content.