Yeah, I kind of hope that the Republican party burns itself to the ground and then from the ashes we get something thats a little bit more sustainable and actually wants to have a talk about solutions to real problems. I'm pretty sure that won't happen, though.
The big problem is that we don't even all see the same "problems." You and I may look at someone poor or without healthcare and say that there's a problem that we need a solution to. We want parties to offer up different solutions to that, so we can vote on that and possibly solve that problem. A large chunk of people on the right don't believe that's a problem at all. Their worldview is so rigid that they absolutely believe anyone that's rich got there purely by themselves and anyone that's poor got there, again, purely by themselves and their decisions. They're never going to propose a solution to that problem, because they don't believe its a problem we all share. They think it's just that one person's problem, and they believe he has the tools to fix it. For that large chunk of people the only problem they see is government and the only solution they want is "less government" or "no government." People on the left, like me, will admit that yes there are a lot of problems with government, and we should solve those things, but how do you offer up logical solutions when the other side that's supposed to offer up other solutions believes almost the entire institution needs to be done away with as much as possible.