I left the Left after the 1992 Democratic Convention when Bob Casey, former Governor of Penna was not allowed to address the platform committee because he wanted to bring up the issue of abortion.
HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK! I began to understand that these people were not interested in ideas, only in control.
Control yes...leadership no.
I left the left in 1977, after only 1 year of Carter ( yes, i voted for him, the last democrat i ever voted for )