The wealthy groups and individuals can purchase image and image is all that counts.  The facade of the two party system was intended to plod on with the end result being a "win-win" for them since they own both teams.  What they didn't count on was a P.T. Barnum character who stole their scam for his own use.  Now, as in Geology, the political paradigm in America has passed into a new era leaving behind the fossils of the species who could not adapt.