If we become Repub lite, the voter is gonna vote for the REAL Repub, run on who we are,progressive D

[Hortensis]

58. Jodymarie, could it be that your understanding of

where most Democrats are on the political spectrum is wrong? It's very common for those outside the broad mainstream, right or left, to misunderstand that. In fact, it's practically a defining characteristic. They want to see themselves as defining liberalism or conservatism, and thus have to see others as not representative.

You might read about this. Findings of political scientists studying these things do not agree with your conception. In fact, what they report is both parties continuing to move farther apart, with a gap between where there used to be some overlap. Republicans moved far more right, and earlier, of course, but the mainstream of the Democratic Party has been moving farther left from center for some time also.