[j271]

IMO, this split is a fight between the remaining moderates and the hard left in the Democratic party.

Fragmentation into multiple splinter groups is a possibility, but another more disturbing outcome would be a national Democrat party pushed much further to the left, promoting a Green-party style of radical socialism.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Fragmentation into multiple splinter groups is a possibility, but another more disturbing outcome would be a national Democrat party pushed much further to the left, promoting a Green-party style of radical socialism.

But their ability to fool enough of the electorate in many regions into believing that they are in fact "moderate" democrats is the only thing, aside from rampant vote fraud, that has brought many of them to power in the first place. If the veil is pierced and the the wack-jobs take full control, their power will wane considerable. Divide and conquer is still the most effective strategy.

[Cicero]

Well, there are radical socialists ensconced in many of our schools and universities, and other institutions. Tenure and the unions protect them. But if the Dems move too far over to the left, I don't think they will hold on to a lot of their present supporters at the polls. They would find it hard to get elected except in a few extremist strongholds.

At most, I think a third of the voters might go for a socialist party. Things could change, but I think that a move too far to the left could finish them off, or involve them in constant bickering between their moderate and radical supporters.