I tend to be a bit more optimistic. Americans have been looking for change for a few decades. They tried an articulate black president who expressed hope. They tried the anti-establishment "Tea Party" in Congress. Now they are trying the underqualified but one-of-us kind of guys.

But the founding fathers developed a clever political system that resists major change.

Sooner or later American voters, and politicians will realize incremental change through bipartisanship and compromise is the only way to make progress.

It may take another cycle to two. Hopefully not too much damage will be done before then.