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When we think, we think through networks in which concepts or ideas come with associated emotional resonances and colorings. In short, thinking is feeling -- and vice versa.

So why do Democrats have a hard time grasping this fact? Part of it has to do with the progressive tradition and its commitment to dispassionate social analysis.

The predilection toward objective, fact-based thinking is not in itself a flaw, but it can lead progressives to forget that people are driven by factors that often elude social scientific analysis and that all problems cannot by solved by social programs.

Two conclusions?

1. There are times when you just have to knock some heads.
2. Facts are often overrated.