It’s worse than that. You would need them to nominate a closet moderate who would also have to not give a damn about getting primaried at the drop off a hat. There are probably quite a few moderates in their conference who vote like Mao bc they’re petrified of their activist base.
Look at them with Sinema. She’s been there for them on every vote, yet they’re still ready to run her out on a rail in Arizona of all places, not California.
As you said, maybe we have become as bad as countries we used to laugh at. Or worse (Biden, Fetterman).