Yes, and this is why when the other party dominates at the local level, their governments and economies are seen as paragons of effectiveness like California's.

Yes, and this is why when the other party dominates at the local level, their governments and economies are seen as paragons of effectiveness like California's... I find more and more, especially after the recent crisis, that the reality is our Democrats and Republicans have been fighting over meaningless ideals and have left things like impacting measurable outcomes in the dust. Each party is built around some kind of bull shit moral that defines the in/out groups and then cronyism wherever/however they can get it for their in group.