Forget the two party system, done with PAC money, term limits.
Vote for candidate not the party.
Quite a few good Libertarian and Independents on tickets that just plain get lost in the shuffle due to buried by PAC funds to R and D candidates.
Neither party even begins to care about a balanced budget anymore.......agree, we are like a runaway train heading downhill. Picking up steam (increasing deficit) with each President.