Despite the media noise, I find a lot of people feel the same way that you and I do, trying to find a rational consensus on our major problems and working to fix them.     

It leads me to believe that our political system with it's emphasis on two party rule, has engrained self interest that is leaving the country deeply divided.     And despite the Greed is Good mantra some have distorted to mean only as "all profit is good regardless of it's consequences to others", we still have millions of people, at all income levels, that recognize  the power of a united national commitment.