As has been said, “The only way to defeat a liberal is to give them everything they want.”.................
Wow! You make an excellent point! The RINOs who temper the lib desires through legislative “compromise” are actually extending the suffering of all those under lib rule.
What Calif progressives thought they wanted was total defeat of opposition from the right. Once achieved, they defeated the political center, then toppled the left of center. Now the pox that is the result of all their progressiveness can’t be explained away.