Daily updates on the big showdown between Republicans (led by their Tea Party faction) and Democrats (who are, as often, disunited and reactive) would be a waste of time. Sorting through the theater on the one hand, and the serious and shallow ideas on the other, would miss the main point.
Is it possible that the fundamental issue here is that neo-anarchists in one party are driving an uncompromising effort to protect and consolidate their wealth and power by weakening the ability of government and civil society to monitor and regulate them, while the other tries to find the ultimate compromise and, in the end, comes off looking weak?