The Democratic Party has moved too far to the left.

[Dill]

(11-25-2019, 09:47 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I don't disagree with you, but what I'm saying is the perception of "too far" to the left is based upon the OW shift. I agree that there is a movement towards more progressive policies, but that movement is coming after there has been a decades long shift to the right.

Yes, and that shift to the right was accompanied by a purge of sorts, so the Republican party has long been "purer" than the Democratic.

If one goes by the news discourse, especially from the right, that great shift right also expands what is called "the left" to now include centrist positions.
Think of Arlen Specter and Jim Jeffords.   By the time Boehner retired, he was a RINO.  

It's like you are in a train station looking out the window at another train (party). It starts moving and you think your own train (party) is.