Yes, its time we learned how to use the Constitution and the government set forth
in it. Of course, everyone knows that we have been using it to govern ourselves
for over 300 years and its turned out pretty good. True, but we created war-ing
Parties that take their positions very seriously. So, do we stop being serious? Of
course not.Then when and how are we going to overcome that warring
dichotomy? The truth is we don't have to. The creation of Parties is our own
creation. If we look at our situation historically and in a more basic manner, we
notice that we are still arguing about the underlying structure of the Constitution
i.e. Federal power vs State power and never shall the twain meet. We have not
laid the language of the Constitution to rest. Of course, we can never, never,
forget the language that constitutes us. But, we must look beyond or underneath it.
If we have learned anything from the Linguistic Turn and linguistics, it's that
underneath all our convoluted articulations there is an underlying geometry or
mathmatics that must be clarified. Why is that the case? Simply because that's the
mode our perceptions take when they function. If we examine the underlying
structure of our Constitution, we discover that the basic argument in its crafting
was an attempt to connect power at the Top ( Federal government) and the power
of the States. That ended with a Republic. But, if we examine the structure more
carefully, we notice the emphasis placed on the people at the bottom of both
structures. Then the final drafting of the Constitution begins and emphasizes the
people by the spelling of "People..." in capital letters. 
 The Founding Fathers were creating an institution of all the people and a
government to govern them. Thats why it begins with "We the People..." and
why the government is set up with three branches. Of course, there were lots of
problems that needed to be compromised, but the basic structure is one of a
triadic government with a Top to govern and a Bottom to be governed and the
sides of the triad to adjudicate the relation that runs from the top to the bottom
and from the bottom to the top, a never ending movement to equilibrate the triad.
The bottom, the People are the essence of democracy, the Top is there because
the people at the bottom put them there. " We the People...".