Leftists tend to refer to themselves as "progressives," meaning that they yearn and strive for change, i.e., the transformation of society into something better. Change itself sometimes becomes the end in and of itself. Michael Moore, for example, says that the capitalist system doesn't work and when asked what would work he said merely that such a system has not yet been invented and that it will be invented by him and his fellow travelers. Besides showing a boundless faith in change for change's sake, this view also shows an extreme naivete with regards to economics and a not so subtle strain of narcissism similar to candidate Obama's words that we are the change we have been waiting for. Really?
People on the right generally seek to preserve what they perceive as good and do not pine for change unless it is meets a specific need and promises to bring about some greater good. They tend to be wary of people who opt blindly for change. Thus, candidate Obama's slogan of "Hope and Change" didn't make any sense to conservatives, because it was too open-ended; it left them asking, "Change to what end?" or, "Is it change for the better or change for the worse?"
Nancy Pelosi's insistence that they had to hurry up and pass the ObamaCare bill so that they could read what was in it was another example of blind faith in change for change's sake. You can be sure that if a Republican Senate leader had said anything similar about a piece of Republican sponsored legislation, you would hear no end of it being ridiculed in the mainstream media.
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