It would be hard to argue with much of what you said, Bucco. Oh, there could be different ways to look at the same sets of facts, but it's not too important at this point, over three years into Obama's first term. We're all going to find out whether he's around for another four years or not in only a few months.

On the ads you referred to, get ready for more and worse, from both sides. It's the super PAC's empowered by the Supreme Court who will be at it until November with very deep pockets. Unfortunately, all the attack ads will keep a very inattentive electorate focused on anything except the important issues facing the country.

I am every bit as critical of the Republican party as you are of Obama's performance as POTUS. if you want to read a book on how broken our government is and why, read the recently-released book, "It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How The American Constitutional System Collided With The New Politics Of Extremism". The authors, Thomas Mann and Norm Orenstein, have tons of experience on the American political scene. It's not a book that will put you to sleep at night feeling good about things.

Maybe we should be even more critical of the GOP than the liberal Democrats because it's uncooperative factions have delivered candidates and a Congress so maddeningly disjointed and unwilling to agree on even a single, reasonable political agenda that they've disadvantaged themselves and their candidates in competing with the more consistent progressive Democrats. The result is that the public is dissatisfied and distrustful of our entire system of governance. It's a terribly sad state of affairs.

Our system will continue, and it will deliver a POTUS and a new Congress. But the way things are going, will anything change? Several months of attack ads will result in elected candidates being so badly damaged by several months of negative attacks as to be incapable of leadership. A new POTUS will enter the White House hated and distrusted by a significant percentage of people. Arguably, Congress will be held in even lower esteem than the single-digit percentage of Americans who approve of their work.

Now ask yourself...who are all the people, companies, countries and organizations who are funding and directing the super PAC's who will almost certainly determine the outcome of the upcoming election? The better question might be WHY are they willing to spend so much money getting candidates elected?