BS. Most of those in control of the left, including the media, are not lunatics. They know exactly what they're doing hence their agendas of lies and bad intent. It's was the right who didn't seem have a clue.
For example, for nearly 28 years the left/globalist have had their way while the right stood gawking while compromising with them over and over and over. Many overtly aided and abetted them. In fact they compromised so much, many justifiably feel most those in D.C were all riding in the same limo, as they rolled towards globalism.
Thus, the more outrageous their initial demands, the more they stand to have at the end, and they never lose anything in the "compromise", nor do they ever lose any ground punitively if the electorate shifts, they might just lose some or all the gained ground if even that. Thus the rules are rigged so they have nothing to lose, nothing to fear. What needs to happen is that in a real compromise, both sides get something new, and in a case where they try to overreach, conservatives need to make sure libs lose something they already had (a penalty for even trying). Then, they'll have an incentive to try only to do things with wide public support.
So the Obamacare repeal for example. It's not enough to simply return the system to SQA, 12/2009, possibly with some popular features of EbolaScare retained. The new norm must be MORE conservative, MORE oriented toward individual freedom and personal control than what was there before.