High unemployment and the disconnect of the government

As umemployment remains at 9.7 percent and over 14 million Americans without a job(somewhere around the populations of New York City and Los Angeles combined), it seems to the blue collar worker that there is a disconnect between them and their elected officials. It feels that all the fighting on Capitol Hill is nothing more than posturing for votes in this year's elections. Why is it that grown men and women can't put their political differences aside and work for the common good of the people that put them in office? All we hear is Republican this and Democrat that. It is long over due for America to get out of the two party system. If we can do that maybe our elected officials will be able to work toward a solution to get the jobless rate down.