As usual Sowell nails it.
“No doubt it is only a matter of time before there is a black president, just as it was only a matter of time before Paul Waner got his 3,000th hit. The issue is whether we want to reach that landmark so badly that we are willing to overlook how questionably that landmark is reached.”
This line goes beyond this issue. It captures the essence of liberal policy. They wants the ends so bad they’re willing to accept any means. So morons like Gore and others peddle crappy ideas that haven’t a chance of succeeding and the desparate fools lap it up, too impatient to wait for an actual solution, or too close minded to accept solutions from nonliberals.
You're right, the Dems have gone further to the left thinking they can build a bigger base by pandering to more and thinking they'll retain all who have backed them in the past.
They are abandoning our military and our vets and that will come back to bite them, IMO.