I view Leftists and Uniparty people as one and the same, but I can concede that while the Uniparty people do it for perks and greed, the Leftists do it for power and greed.
Ever since I read the fifteenth goal of the communists for the USA (namely “Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States”), I regard both major parties as left wing and see it in the behavior and rhetoric of their politicians. With very few exceptions.