Pete made a good point above, all this has gone on for a long time, and little or nothing has changed. At least, until now. For most of my life the two controlling parties have relied on batting back and forth the same ole tired strategies:
1 Print more money
2 Raise taxes
3 Borrow money against your kids / grandkids / great grandkids futures
4 Make sure the onus of the tax burden remains on the middle class
5 Enrich greed head CEO's
6 Raise taxes
7 Print more money
8 Lie about the other side, to make them look bad
9 Lie about your own side, to make you look good
10 Bullshidt the people about what you're going to do for them
11 Terrorize the people about what the other side will do to them
and on and on and on
There have been very few "good guys" in Washington D.C., and those who went there with the intention of being a good guy were quickly corrupted, or sidelined, slandered, destroyed, and sent packing.
Neither Republican nor Democrat are innocent, or generally helpful in any way.
Just my uneducated opinion. I'm sure someone will quickly try to prove me wrong. Again.