| | For the first two years of the Obama administration, the Democrats held a veto-proof Congress and the White House, ramming through unpopular legislation, with no bipartisan support, such as [[Obamacare]]. In the [[2010 midterm elections]], Democrats received a "shellacking" for defying popular sentiment. In 2009 moderate [[Bluedog Democrat]]s boasted 44 [[centrist]]s, but by 2011 it had only 8 members. A [[centrist]] core in the House was destroyed by [[progressive]]s who dominated the party. Progressive communists tended to come from so-called "safe seats," whereas moderates, centrists, and Bluedogs came from competitive districts, and were sacrificed on the altar of ideological purity by Marxists in search of [[single party control]]. Suburbs and rural areas remained in Republican hands.<ref>[http://www.multistate.com/Site.nsf/Elections2006PostMaps?OpenPage Multistate.com] Post-Election 2006 Maps</ref> Voters in 2010, 2014, and 2016 rejected Democratic Party candidates at the local, state and national levels in record-setting proportions. | | For the first two years of the Obama administration, the Democrats held a veto-proof Congress and the White House, ramming through unpopular legislation, with no bipartisan support, such as [[Obamacare]]. In the [[2010 midterm elections]], Democrats received a "shellacking" for defying popular sentiment. In 2009 moderate [[Bluedog Democrat]]s boasted 44 [[centrist]]s, but by 2011 it had only 8 members. A [[centrist]] core in the House was destroyed by [[progressive]]s who dominated the party. Progressive communists tended to come from so-called "safe seats," whereas moderates, centrists, and Bluedogs came from competitive districts, and were sacrificed on the altar of ideological purity by Marxists in search of [[single party control]]. Suburbs and rural areas remained in Republican hands.<ref>[http://www.multistate.com/Site.nsf/Elections2006PostMaps?OpenPage Multistate.com] Post-Election 2006 Maps</ref> Voters in 2010, 2014, and 2016 rejected Democratic Party candidates at the local, state and national levels in record-setting proportions. |
| | Under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic party has been transformed into the party of war and the national security surveillance state. Anyone who does not toe the party line is smeared as a Russian agent.<ref>https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1185988329742798848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref> The party establishment attacks critics of [[regime change]] wars as "Russian" bots and assets. Party operatives regularly ignore [[4th Amendment]] and due process rights - including congressional committee chairmen conducting a supposed "[[impeachment inquiry]]" which was never voted on and authorized by the [[House of Representatives]]. | | Under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic party has been transformed into the party of war and the national security surveillance state. Anyone who does not toe the party line is smeared as a Russian agent.<ref>https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1185988329742798848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref> The party establishment attacks critics of [[regime change]] wars as "Russian" bots and assets. Party operatives regularly ignore [[4th Amendment]] and due process rights - including congressional committee chairmen conducting a supposed "[[impeachment inquiry]]" which was never voted on and authorized by the [[House of Representatives]]. |