Re: A serious and nonpartisan answer just for you.
When Jefferson and Hamilton were duking it out, or for that matter when Drury was writing his novels, the Federal government did not have anywhere close to the near-absolute power it does now.
Politics is no longer a harmless spectator sport.
Today, one lunatic like Pelosi (among others) can change the entire society. If you call a Senator from another state, they'll often blow you off with the fact that you aren't a "constituent." Never mind that their legislative delusions are playing with the lives of everybody in the country.
And we are all aware that if Republicans were pulling this kind of totalitarian wannabe crap right now you'd be blowing a gasket.