@WarnerCrocker FWIW: think about the trajectory of the republican party over the last 25 years. They regularly have far-right voices pushing their party further to the right, criticizing it for being too meek or not ideologically pure enough. Is there a similar dynamic on the democrats' side? Who is pushing for party or ideological reform? How large is their voice within the party? Are they listened to, as they are in republican circles?