http://seattlest.com/2008/02/27/dan_ariely_brin.php All comments for Dan Ariely Tries His Behavioral Economics X-Ray Vision on Obama en-us 2009 seattle_james Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:30:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss scarequotes@gmail.com scarequotes@gmail.com 60 http://seattlest.com/2008/02/27/dan_ariely_brin.php#comment-1301058 http://seattlest.com/2008/02/27/dan_ariely_brin.php#comment-1301058 Comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:19:09 -0800 <p>it's like any relationship....it takes two years of exciting, sexy chemicals before the nesting chemicals kick in, and you start thinking about what it'd be like to settle down with this person. i kind of feel like most people who support obama are still in the just-started-dating, want-to-spend-every-waking-moment-together phase with obama's candidacy. it's the newness that's exciting, not necessarily what he has to offer. </p>