Yes, I think that was the best solution. Though I have very little sympathy for CG - from what I saw, he abandoned the thread for months, then came back and got possessive about the title. He could have acted like an adult - looked in here to see why the name change, and discussed his concerns about the new title. I'm sure everyone would have been reasonable and tried to accommodate him if he had.
Anyway, I thought I should re-post my recent comment about the split here, in case it got lost in the thread:
btw, it might make more sense to split this thread after the early discussions of the election. Right now, there are some posts on the first page that don't make a lot of sense because they flow from the previous discussion. What about starting with my post on the second page of this thread, which starts:
Did anyone see this, um, event? The only word that seems to suit it is "fiasco." Or perhaps "circus"?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2 ... production
If it's too much bother to change the position of the split, feel free to ignore me.
The discussion of the election itself and what part racism played in it (which CG started), is long past - leaving part of it in the new thread is unlikely to make any difference unless someone starts reading the threads for the first time.