Loading ...you got me thinking about zugzwang, and even if they could “not move,” they’re screwed.
i believe the democratic party leaders have maneuvered themselves into such a condition. during the eight obama years the party of the jackass moved steadily to the left, and away from the center (where the majority resides). in nominating hillary, (a centrist compared to the obamatons) the party was acting in a normal fashion – reverting to the mean, structurally a corrective move. in doing so, their cavalier treatment of the sanders faction inflamed the left.
with clinton’s failure, the old guard centrist democrats were devastated. they had felt that the presidency was hillary’s to win …but she lost. discredited, they yielded control of the party to the hard left, which has, instead of consolidating, continued to push further left – further and further from the center (where the majority resides).
what choices does this give the present hard left leadership of the jackasses?
a) they can hold in place and watch all but the hard left slowly slip away, back toward center (where the…)
b) they can continue to move left, accelerating the process above in (a).
c) they can try to move back toward the center, but this would alienate their only firm support base.
!!! ZUGZWANG !!!