I say let them push it to the limit. Alcoholics can't typically recover until they've hit rock bottom.
I agree with you - I'm sick of the "we don't suck as much as they do!" line, when Bushbots tell me I have no choice but to vote for Republicans. I don't vote for Big Stupid Government, period.
Let it break, then find the right people to build it back again, shoving the parasites to the sidelines.