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Feb 16 02:54 UTC 2006

DB suggests:  "the results would probably be a curve with the peak of
happiness centered on people whose political views correspond with the
way the government is being run"

BZZZZZZZZZZZT.  Wrong again.  Here's what Pew says"

"Could it be that Republicans are so much happier now because their 
party controls all the levers of federal power?  Not likely.  Since 
1972, the GOP happiness edge over Democrats has ebbed and flowed in a 
pattern that appears unrelated to which party is in political power"