"The sad thing is that people on both sides of the political spectrum complain only about the other side,"
False, many people are willing to criticize both sides. If you look for zealots you will surely find them on both sides the same way it's always been.
"Consequently, a party that weakens itself with its own values, will always fail against a party that strengthens itself. "
This is not a problem. This is good because extreme, ideology driven agendas are generally suboptimal.
"Additionally, when the backlash from Bush's increase in government became too severe on the right, Obama stepped in to increase the size and reach of the government on the left."
False, many people are willing to criticize both sides. If you look for zealots you will surely find them on both sides the same way it's always been.
"Consequently, a party that weakens itself with its own values, will always fail against a party that strengthens itself. "
This is not a problem. This is good because extreme, ideology driven agendas are generally suboptimal.
"Additionally, when the backlash from Bush's increase in government became too severe on the right, Obama stepped in to increase the size and reach of the government on the left."
This is, as they say, not the whole story.
http://www.hamiltonproject.org/images/uploads/thp_image_uplo...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2013/01/t...
"This is the issue of our generation: the gross overreach of government"
There are many important issues of our generation, if we have to pick one I'm going with inequality and the destruction of public education.