WE are all victims....there, I said it
Actually, leftists prefer to be part of a victim group than to endure actual victimhood themselves. All the perks, none of the unpleasantness.
I have yet to see the fundamental splits in the right that exist in the American left.
We do not have elements of our base engaging in what is tantamount to outright political warfare with our elected officials and party leaders. The only two issues that even come close are border security/illegal immigration and Harriet Meirs. The first is a disconnect with nearly every American and every political leader trying, in vain, to not appear racist. Harriet.... Harriet WHO? Yeah, thought you remembered her.
You'd be hard pressed to find a party more at odds with its vehement disillusioned and radical base in historical context than you find Democrats with the liberal blogosphere. A term I loathe as message boards and blogs are two different things and most people writing thoughts on politics on the net are not blogging.
The last time there was such a split with the left and their party was 1968 and that gave us Nixon. When they went even more out on the fringe with McGovern... well, 1972 wasn't pretty.
I don't think this Democratic party can survive their vocal online members. Too many of them are too angry, too fed up and too disgusted with them for not being aggressive enough for someone NOT to take their money and form another "major" third party.
We suffered it when many on the right fell for Perot in 92 and 96. The left is going to see their equivilent in 2008 and 2012.