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Once again, I will explain how this game works:

Put a Democrat in office and he runs the ball as far to the left as rapidly as he dares. When the public becomes alarmed at how things get screwed up by the government programs, in comes a Republican.

The Republican continues moves to the left, but uses different rhetoric to justify it. The movement to the left is not as big as what a Democrat would take, but it keeps everything moving left.

The Democrats, in response to the leftward movement of the Republicans, MOVE FURTHER LEFT, in order to outbid the Republicans for the support of their base. The Democrat base is ecstatic, as they win something no matter which party gets in, so, THE VOTE DEMOCRAT, as they can get more from the (perpetually) more leftist party in the running. The "brilliant strategy" never pays off as advertised by the GOP and their supporters, except that the country keeps moving further and further left, with so-called conservatives, who are really more Republicans, split off from the conservatives, creating splintered opposition to leftist policies, while those on the left remain united in their goals.

It's going over the cliff now. There is no stopping it. We had a chance in 1994, but that was only the slight opening of a pressure-release valve to enable Clinton to find a way to maintain his Presidency into a second term. After two terms of Clinton, Republicans would be satisfied with Satan in the White House if he had an "R" after his name.

There is no stopping some sort of traumatic disaster or a total crack-up now. There's too much cognitive dissonance out there, but at least this move has eliminated some of that.