You wasted that many words to say “I’m afraid of Democrats”?
I did not even reference what they call themselves. I have no fear of Democrats, but I'm concerned about their leftward lurch.
Politics are always in flux. You can't make it so, by declaring it so. You must realize that opinions differ, and that difference is substantive, between the two fringes. It the middle, it is muddled, mixed and it (the center) shifts, back and forth. The reality of that shift dictates the politics employed to win National elections.
This is why McCain led in the early polls, and why Rudy has so much support.
Denying that this does not exist, is pointless and dangerous. You do so at your political peril.