Personally, i don't think adopting a stance of "ho hum business as usual for American politics, just look back at such and such, this is nothing." doesn't make the current situation any less severe.
What disturb's me, is the current political factions unwillingness to compromise. Compromise, is what politics and statesmanship is all about. It's my belief that the lack of, or unwillingness to engage in compromise, is one item that set's up our political system for failure. I say this, because it's always been my thought the way our system exists with its two party politics, sets up a situation where neither extreme gets its way, thereby a middle, more reasonable course of action is taken by congress and the government. It is this middle ground that bennefits the people and the nation. But this only works if compromises can be made. Polar opposites vying for uncompromising control, with a warlike attitude doesn't bennefit anyone, least of all this nation. Right now, we have a system of unstoppable force meets immoveable object. That simply doesn't work.
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