I find it interesting how, prior to the election, the left was talking up the fact that the impending landslide win by Hillary would usher in a pure state of chaos in the republican party that would force the party as a whole to move more to the center in order to be saved.

 

The reality is the democrat party is in complete disarray, almost obliterated by the last 4 election cycles.  Obama may have won reelection in 2012, but down ballot, the party has been completely decimated to the point where they're at record lows for state legislatures, gubernatorial seats, and right on down the line.

 

Why aren't they taking their own advice and moving to the center?  Well, maybe because their center left candidate was fully; exposed by those further to the left?

 

There's nothing wrong with having a healthy divide between the parties.  The republicans are going to have a slap of reality now that they've elected Trump, but the good news here is that while he may not be a staunch conservative, those who elected him to the office will have expectations, and since he's really only beholding to the voters, he may wind up being more conservative than most expect.

 

With the talk about the potential new DNC chairman, the party will move toward Sanders and Fauxahontas.  I'm not quite sure that's a good thing for them, but if that's what they want to do, I say go for it full speed.

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