laskern
There are two answers
1 no party can do everything and therefore they need to
concentrate on they consider primary and if this gets too far & if the other party shows certain basic restraints, they can as many Republicans in ’08 Half stated,punt over to the other side To let them take care of it
most of Democratic party however cannot be trusted with the reins of the country in our times
2 It is indeed is also correct much of the Republican party has gone too far from early 20th century progressivism
Now there are some who are trying to walk it back
The GOP primaries in 2016 was about this In part
Those who have shown much care for the poor prior
eg Pat Buchanan haven’t been your cup of tea
this challenge is really is Strawman Because it’s not as if you would change if they
did take care of the poor