“True ,but the radicalism of the left is accepted in the mainstream left and pulling it lefter and lefter.”
It goes both ways, I agree for example extreme “social” issues are pretty mainstream in the D party, which is outrageous. But radical ideas rooted in white supremacy and perhaps anarchy have also seeped in to mainstream R party, which is frightening.
Thoughts on the new Forward party? Supposedly a mix of moderate R and Ds. My guess is 1/3 of Ds don’t buy in to the radicalism. And a smaller % of Rs don’t buy into the radicalism of the right. But remember that each election is decided by independents, who nationally lean a but to the right. These are people I would think would be open to a new party.