ignoring history

The authors stated we need to get back to basic fast but it doesn't seem that in this political environment it may be next to impossible.  Each party blames the other.
Thought this was very timely today since the jobs report came out and both Presidential candidates had to jump all over it.  Same thing happen last week when the Supreme Court upheld the health care package.  I couldn't believe what I was hearing.  It was like listening to little kids fight.