This article says a lot and is refreshing in that it points to the extremism on both sides of the coin. 

“It is time for politicians of all strands to recognize the danger with which they are flirting. The belief that extremism can achieve its ends while preserving public liberty flies in the face of too much of recorded history to be seriously entertained in this nation. Courage, not rashness or cowardice, to achieve the political center is the only thing that stands between us and anarchy …”
A Test for Republican Government | Terry Newell.

Do you think it possible that we all move a bit closer to the middle?