THE BROAD DEMOCRATIC TENT

Joe Biden appeals to a broad group of Americans including Democrats and reasonable slightly right of center Republicans who have left the Republican party since it was hijacked by the Trump gang. This broad tent over the Democratic party has left Trump with a small shell of gullibles, bigots, senators who fear abandoning Trump will lose them a nomination, and regular Republicans who just can't admit to making a mistake in supporting Trump. Look at how many former Republicans are commentators on MSNBC. They don't just come detached. They represent a large group of former Republicans who have come over because of the extremes of Trump and his gang. Now some on the extreme Left are complaining that Biden isn't left enough and saying this might lose him the election. I would say to them, "Didn't you learn from 2016 when some of the super-left stayed home? Do you want another miserable 4 years of Trump?" Winning back the House of Representatives in 2018 came from electing pragmatic Democrats in formerly red areas. Obama won his election 12 years ago not by being a super-leftist. He won because the American people recognized that he was a rational slightly left of center pragmatist. The center has shifted a little leftward which is where Biden and the American people are now. After we Democrats win the presidential election, Biden is president, and Trump is out, and especially if we can win over the Senate as well as the House, the Leftists and the Centrists can duke it out within the Democratic party. Perhaps eventually the Republicans will realize that the center has moved leftward and will adjust their position accordingly bringing back the 2 party debate. Stubborn purity in either direction is non-productive for America.