people like Dean,guno,dottie and Franco are not moderates......they are far left.....and there are lots of them out there.......What you guys need to understand about this far-right/far-left comparison is that the moderates are now seen as the far left. The reason is because the far right has moved further to the right. It's no longer about tax cuts and strong defense...it's about invading other nations that didn't attack us and secession and civil war if they don't get their way.
Whether or not the Democrats can hold the left wing is not important in this binary system...who else would they vote for? That the GOP willingly gives up the middle is likely the key reason that it has won exactly one popular vote since 1992.
Yeah, I was pointing out the national political landscape.