Politics are confusing (but that's ok)

So, I read CNN every day. Actually several times a day, especially if I'm looking for reasons to avoid revising there's something super newsworthy happening.

And through reading CNN, I have learned this: Politics are confusing. And I don't mean in that "oh, silly me, they're just CRAZY!" flighty way, but in that genuine, "WHOA, I missed yesterdays news and apparently EVERYTHING ABOUT THE UNIVERSE HAS CHANGED in the last 24 hours" kind of way.

I remember in high school, saying that I was never g...