Hope you have a great day too, Thaddie...
Remember don't take sides.
Learn how to work the political ropes. The first rule in office politics is to determine who is in bed with whom...so to speak...maybe literally too....
Ol' time religion is not too much different. Learn who is "totin'" for whom. Who is schmoozing with whom. Learn to be friends with and agree with them all.
But mark the man who is passionate about his ideas and could not care less who cow-tows to him. He may be the most unpopular of all leaders right now, but just hide and watch him. He will merge as the leader most admired and his ideas will soon be widely accepted.
Meanwhile, in the back of your mind you will be wondering what Jesus thinks of all of this pile of...of....well, I shoveled a little of it yesterday.