This gets my vote. Not only that, but they have been entrenched for a time that's been unhealthy to this nation. Notice how the Right has had to move Left in order to attract the maleable middle voters.
Not only have they kept the pendulem positioned leftward, they've damn near tipped over the entire clock.
It'll take a few more election cycles and more hands on deck to get the ship-of-state finally headed to starboard.
Not a plausible course ( directly into the wind, sails flapping, stalled, dead in the water) our 'ship' must tack from time to time. These political winds, the finger in the air, etc. guide us on our journey. Since FDR, she's been on a port tack (and possibly before) and during this adminisitration (BushII) attempts to bring her around have been made.
Whether we'll be able to bring her around to a starboard tack in an effort to reach the mark remains uncertain. What is certain is: that all on-board understand that we've been off-course too long and a correction is of utmost importance. Otherwise, we crash this vessle on the rocks.
Most discourse between the left and right is mere sail-trimming. More important is the destination one is trimming the sails to arrive at. Yes, we'll have to veer left sometimes, and veer right to correct another time, but we must not lose sight of our goal.
As such, I'd rather consider democrats as shipmates, but hold them in contempt when their failure to sense our vessel's fate places the lives of everyone on board at risk by replacing our constitution and bill of rights with their utopian, egalitarian, ideals. Not to mention outright hatred of America which amounts to nothing less than poking holes in the hull, for which there are Man Over Board procedures. As Captain of such a ship, I might take my sweet-ass time trying to locate and implement them.
This analogy could go on and on. It could cover things like mutinies and third parties. It could expose bad food on-board and other mistreatments, but it won't. It won't because our destination is of greatest importance.
SS America is big on displacement, has plenty of guns, and will be noticed where-ever she sails. The last thing we need is to impress upon spectators that we haven't a clue as to the workings of such a great sailing ship.