Melissa Harris-Perry (who has been doing an excellent job of subing for Rachel Maddow) asked Howard Fineman a real interesting question. "Is there a structural problem being evident here?" (paraphrasing)
Howard Fineman, as any member of the establishment would, punted and said "Yes." An odd way to punt but he said that the problem was that the ideological extremes will not allow the government to deal with the major issues facing this nation.
But he, as all establishment members, will NOT look at the real problem. The government is the problem. Please don't confuse my meaning. I'm not saying that Democrats are the problem. Or that we should lessen government services. We should increase them.
I mean the structure of the government has outlived it's usefulness!