As an American I find this extremely frustrating . Over recent years , there seems to be less willingness of legislators to work together , rather than win small ' moral victories ' over the ' other side . ' I feel like this is exacerbated by a 24 x 7 ' news ' industry that seems to favor sound bites over substantive discussion of complex topics . I ' m not really sure what a practical solution is , but I would love to see more of mainstream commentators discussing more nuance than ' our person is the only one who can save us from the antichrist from the other side . ' Maybe then we could get politicians to , at least , give the appearance of caring more about the country than winning reelection <| sep |> Praying for the best to happen .