Dale Franks over at QandO
suspects what I’ve been saying here all along — the Democratic Party is taking a step to the right:
I believe we are edging closer to a time when the two parties, as we have known them, will no longer exist. I beleive the Democratic Party is on the verge of a historical split. One of those resulting parties will be an angry party of the left, doomed to electoral irrelevance. Hopefully, the other party will be a rational, respectable, center-left party that will serve a useful purpose, in both opposition and government.
As the Dems start moving more and more to the right, the question is whether or not the GOP is going to be able to adapt and/or survive as this new center-left party emerges.
To date, waving our hands in the air screaming seems to be the answer, with the exception of a notable, unruffled, and wise few.
Welcome to the American political phenonenon known as realignment!