The american people support the american system of partisan hatred. The issue is clear in your post. Blame and the need to be right is more of a priority than cooperation and compromise and doing the right thing. It could easily be turned around but the entrenchment runs very deep. I know that is the culture and you can not see it when you are in it. My husband is from texas, his eyes opened when he came here and saw the US from the outside. There are some toxic attitudes that just do not serve.