[Enchante]

"the narrative is that the official Washington party has become like Vichy France.”"

It's the left-wing bloggers who bear the most resemblance to Vichy France!! I would usually jump to the forefront in bashing 'beltway' pols, but in this context the conflict is between far-left 'Rats who want the foreign policy of Vichy France and the more 'mainstream' party officials who are trying to preserve some fumes of viability. If the 'Rats continue to treat Michael Moore-on and Cindy Sheehan as 'mainstream' just because DU and DailyKos says so, then the party will eagerly slide off the cliff of electoral collapse for years to come....

[Owl558]

"...the party will eagerly slide off the cliff of electoral collapse for years to come...."

One can only hope, eh? What amazes me the most is that these people actually believe that their far-left socialist agenda is something voters will respond to. They really think that Americans are desperate for higher taxes, more government control over their lives, and sub-standard, socialized services.