If you study U.S. History partisanship is the worst when we are at peace and our survival as a nation is not at stake. However, looking at it in this way partisanship wasn't as big a problem as now between the 1930s and around 1990 when the Soviet Union Collapsed and Russia became a democracy.
Then partisanship returned with a vengence and Gingrich and Clinton battled it out throughout that presidency (both terms). Then 2001 happened and whether you supported Bush or not (actually Gore won the popular vote in 2000) and Bush only made it in very very controversially. If Gore hadn't been a gentleman we would have had a very serious Constitutional Crisis. But Gore gave in for the sake of not having a bloody revolution over what happened here in the U.S.
Now, the wars in IRaq and Afghanistan are winding down even if Afghanistan is starting to look more like South Korea at the end of the Korean War until now in regard to how many troops are going to stay there.
So, what does partisanship mean taking to the extreme place we are at now? It means basically we are at peace and for the moment at least not expecting an all out war to the death or even partial police action in the near or far future at this moment. So, this is why partisanship is not as bad as you might think. Because it means our young men (and young women) are not going to be sent to the slaughter anytime soon.
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