The lesser of two evils.

[MadHound]

92. Well, the fact is, if we can't pull the party back to the left, we are fucked.

Along with the Democratic party. The simple fact of the party is that we're moving towards a two party system where one major party represents the center, center right position and the other party represents the batshit crazy RW position. In fact, we're pretty much already there. The voices of the left are either silenced or marginalized within the party, and ignored outside of it.

Without a major party to represent the left, the left will, sooner or later, flee the Democratic party. It has always been a truism that under this big tent Democratic party, all participants need to feel wanted, need to be rewarded. The left hasn't been substantially rewarded for decades, and thus the discontent grows.

In fact the increase in apathetic voters bears this out. As the Democratic party has moved to the right over the past few decades, the number of apathetic voters have gone up, and most of those apathetic voters are disgruntled liberals.

The fact is, if we are to save our country, we need to take action quickly. Otherwise, under a government that varies from center right to batshit crazy conservative, is going to take this country right over that cliff.