The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

But in his Farewell Address, George Washington made it clear that he perceived no greater threat to the American experiment than a partisan demagogue who 'agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against the other'

The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it.

What might be good for ratings can be bad for the country. The hard-core partisans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities. But the majority of Americans are starting to wake up to the game.

By pumping up hyper-partisanship, our country (America) is playing with forces that can easily get out of control. We are giving purpose and cover - and sometimes a sense of purpose - to the crazy among us. We are encouraging a culture of extremism

Politics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction.