Who's Guilty of 'Petty Partisanship'?

I mentioned this yesterday, but the GOP is basically calling the Democrats wusses and communists. Does that motivate their base? Does that motivate the dem base? The only thing that it does is change the subject from what's wrong in Iraq, Lebanon, North Korea, Iran, Medicare, Gas Prices etc. In the long-term it'll do little but lay the ground work for 2008. The gall of these guys though really gets my goat.