I agree with the lockstep theory, now. However, this is because the Democrat party is so thoroughly owned by the radicals. Prior to 1968, the yellow dog southern Democrats maintained a powerful bloc, and with the last elections, the blue dogs made significant gains.
In past, I’ve even come to the conclusion that the Democrat radicals are so dangerously incompetent as far as military policy and foreign affairs (as well as economics), that the
Pentagon should create a black program to encourage veterans to run for public office.
It would be done solely because ignorance of our military and foreign affairs represents a major threat to the security of the United States. Elected officials (of both parties) who live in a fantasy-land of naive ignorance and enthusiastic stupidity are able and willing to start wars that would kill millions of innocent people.
Veterans know better. And while this Pentagon program would be utterly neutral about non-military, non-foreign affairs policies, it would help insure that there are enough veterans serving in congress to prevent terrible disasters or infiltration by foreign powers.