I'm not doing a good job communicating what I'm trying to say and I take full responsibility.

To me the Dems are liberals -- or republican lite with sprinkle of some progressive social policies.

I know the left is constrained to building its coalition within the big tent that is the democratic party. But when I look at the way the left goes about building power --especially when looking at the nature of online discourse -- I get the sense they are not interested in building effective power or accomplishing their goals. It feels more like verbal mental masturbation 99% of the time.