I think that the Dems have approached the whole political opposition concept differently than the Reps. Dems see politics as War by other means, so to speak. (Picture Ram Emanual stabbing the table with his steak knife while screaming death to his Rep adversaries) Without the physical, or even rhetorical violence to a point. Reps have been too civil, and compromised too much. It has gotten them nowhere, but where they are now. I don’t even consider myself a Republican any more, but Conservative. In any event we had better wake up as to who we are dealing with.
And I forgot to mention. Not only had we better wake up as to who Dems are, but we had better figure out who WE are.