I'll take it one step further and say that we've moved into a Hatfields (Democrats) vs. McCoys (Republicans) world.
As the generations took over, the original reasons for the feud are forgotten, and the only reason now to fight is to deny the other side a win, just because it's them.
-PJ
Yes. There is certainly a large dimension of that in all of this. But there is also tacit agreement between the two sides that keeping the swamp alive and well and growing is in the interests of all while we duke it out over what our share of the cut is.