content: Every campaign needs this kind of patriotism!  In my mind, a patriot is loyal to the values that a nation is founded upon and criticizes government for its failures to live up to those high standards and is willing to make personal sacrifice to protect those values, meanwhile the nationalist chants "Go team go!" no matter how irreparably dysfunctional, violent, and corrupt his government has become. This American nationalism looks like hollow, nostalgic, simple-minded pride over a memory of fabled greatness stirred up by an empty promise of restoration. I find it cringe-inducing and embarrassing. We are so gullible and easy to manipulate through our emotions. Ah well, at least they are having fun being so filled up with hope for change. You are definitely correct hat this is a great mood to have in a campaign. It reminds me of how Obama made his followers feel. Very successful.