Yep. 4 republican democrats and 4 democrats.
Good cop/bad cop. Both parties want the same thing - power for themselves, wealth for themselves, and a luxurious tax payer paid lifestyle for themselves. (The republicans just work a little slower hoping no one notices)
The new Washington motto: "A government of the government, by the government, and for the government."
I would say we’ve had a government of the elite, by the elite, for the elite for a long, long time. I knew this back in the eighties...