As you stated earlier. It's why we are in the soup. The mess we have can be blamed on professional pols, and our voting for who's "electable" instead of those who believe as we do, and aren't afraid to go do something about this mess . Only now have people started to vote for real change. The ole Repubs and Dems can't stand it either.
But are we too late?
Ha!! You'll know when its too late because everybody will start shooting.
Dividing a country is what starts civil wars.