[quote=Russell]They are not all bidding on the same thing.[/quote]
That’s exactly my point. There are a shitload of constituencies out there, and it is always a balancing act to please some of the people all of the time while acting like you’re pleasing all of the people all of the time. I just don’t believe that some anonymous flying spaghetti monster is out there pulling all of the strings, despite how dramatic is sounds to claim otherwise. Instead you have a million meatballs all trying to get a piece of the pizza pie. Sometimes the meatballs agree, sometimes they don’t, but they’re all part of the same bowl of spaghetti.