Magical thinking and the American Polity

We seem to be at the threshold of a possibly disastrous era in American governance.  We have a two party system, but only one is committed to governing the country.  The Democrats want to increase access to health care, rebuild the country's infrastructure and reduce the inequality which is ripping America apart, physically and emotionally.  The Republicans are not a partner in these projects, nor are they the loyal opposition.  Rather, they are a guerilla movement dedicated to sabotaging and destroying anything originated by the Democrats.  The health care plan is a case in point.  A cobbled together monstrosity with more moving parts than a Swiss watch, the ACA was designed using the talking points of the conservative Heritage Foundation and the actual mechanisms of Romneycare, the Massachusetts health care plan.  The repubs  fought the plan at every step without offering any constructive alternative.  Since the rollout of the plan they have seized on every glitch as evidence the entire plan is unworkable, despite the evidence to the contrary in the Bay State.  Meanwhile, as they proved during Bush's two terms as President, the GOP has no interest in governing, unless you count wealth transfer from the poor and middle class to the top 10% as political engagement.  If they gain control of all three branches of government, we can count on republicans to shred the social safety net and hand the keys to the economy to the multinational corporations and banks who will loot the treasury and accelerate the climate change which will leave an uninhabitable wasteland within a few generations.  Is this the legacy we want to leave our descendants?