If they believe that, they should resign now, or start packing because they won't be there in another cycle.
Trying to cobble a win by straddling the middle only works for a while. Eventually the opposing party puts up a candidate who simply cops a few issues and says, "why vote for a fake when you can have the real thing?".
Since Mr. Bush's sympathies clearly lie with the ideas and concepts of the Internationalists of the Socialist Party (that's all the modern "Democrats" are, since about 1928), it ain't gonna be long now for him and his buds.
Unfortunately a lot of damage done will be undoable, a fact that Teddy understands.
Bit nauseating to see that guy smirking and laughing while the hapless remaining Republicans fight a delaying action against "their own" President.
I appreciate your comments, but “they” probably believe they are doing what will keep them in power. Politicians tend to do what they believe will keep them in office.
They aren’t alway right about that, but given how many incumbents get reelected over and over, most of them know how to survive.
As I said in a post just above, I’m at a loss for solutions right now. That doesn’t mean I’ve given up, though.