For me, it's the generational issue

I for one am so happy with our new President that I am even thankful (in retrospect) that John Kerry lost in 2004. I welcome a new generation of American politics, unmarred by the baggage of Vietnam and the tumult of the 1960s, a specter which has been haunting our every public dialogue and which has hardened our positions and our hearts toward our fellow countreymen for as long as I have been alive.

I look forward to a healing nation, one that can debate the great issues we face with respect for each person's patriotism, honor, and dignity.