Whatever happened to the Democrats? Idealistic, moderate, gave a vague impression of actually liking the United States. The far left has hollowed out the Democrats and now parades in their freshly flayed skin, like a keffiyeh-clad Buffalo Bill. Progressive insurgencies and racial flashpoints aren’t exactly unheard of in the Democratic party, but they used to be the exception rather than the rule. America needs a decent, patriotic, reality-based centre-left party, and that is no longer the Democrats.