I was pretty much looking at the fact they owned the Congress and the Courts.
I realize that Republicans held the Senate for two years in the early 80s and that they held the Presidency on and off throughout that time, but the creation and interpretation of our laws has been unilaterally held by the Democrats for a long, long time.
When Clinton got in by pretending to be moderate, and then proceeded to make a hard left (gays in military was his first agenda item) the people pulled the rug out from under the Democrats and these guys have been getting more and more shrill ever since.
Check my tagline for a big reason the rats were in power all of those decades.