Reply #18: IMHO, from what I see, I think it's mostly the other way around, actually. [View All]

[AverageJoe90]

On the one hand, you have the Dems(at least the non-DINO ones) who are really afraid of pissing off their base(yes, the real base, not the radical left or the 'Professional Left', but rather, centrist left-leaning moderates, and actual liberal progressives) while trying to keep moderates happy, while on the other hand, most of the Repubs, it seems,(with the possible exception of some RINOs) view the majority of their base(especially those who lean more towards the center) as nothing more than a bunch of useful idiots whose only purpose is to keep them in office, and in power.