The problem with the "can't we just get along" approach is that it can create a situation where objective truth (yes, it really exists) is ignored. And the "true truth" of the matter is that this country has spent itself into a hole, and the politicians in charge are so beholden to special interests and political ideology that they seem unable to face the plain facts.

I'd wager that if my own CPA (or some other one outside of the DC beltway) were given the job of doing a line by line evaluation of the national budget he could come up with enough spending cuts to get us out of this mess. Most politicians might be very unhappy with his solutions, but there lies the problem.