I consider Mike Hearn, Gavin Andresen, jtoomim and the theZerg to better align with my believes and world view as developers compared to the Core developers you mention. I prefer their understanding of free market economics and Bitcoin governance specifically.
Totally! I call again to '
stop worrying and love the blockchain fork' (put more amusingly than I was able by...um...that very bright Israeli mining algo specialist who's name escapes me at the moment.) It would be great for all concerned to focus on what is important to them and not be bothered by the other side.
Now is a great time to do it while Bitcoin is relatively small not having yet been economically necessary on a broad scale. It is also fairly clear in most people's minds what is the right direction for their goals, and equally importantly, things seem to be pretty binary between a bloating system which gains strength from a broad userbase, and a tight system which derives strength from broad infrastructure support distribution.
Edit: Oh ya, Meni Rosenfeld (or something close to that.)