The problem is you describe Mitt Romney down to his magic underwear. There are progressives in “both” parties, now.
Romney, Graham, Rubio, Hoeven, Murkowsky, Alexander, there are lots of progressives wearing R jerseys who want to give the Democrats a permanent majority with amnesty for illegal aliens.
“There are progressives in both parties, now.”
Surely, but it’s worse with the Dems. They have completely taken over and enshrined it in their party platform. At least in the Republican party, the progs haven’t assimilated or intimidated everyone into compliance. They still regularly get tossed out by the voters when they go too far, except for those in “safe” moderate districts.