text: Reasonable people can agree to disagree.  I see this a bit differently.  The Dems moved to center right under Bill Clinton, which was several political generations ago.  The Tea Party was not a reaction to that era, but rather a reaction to the economic downtown started under Bush and bleeding into the Obama administration.  Democrats have become increasingly left of center just before and during the Obama years, including HRC.  I know that many Dems feel that trending left is the answer both philosophically and politically.  But I believe that cost them the mid terms under Obama and the last general election.  They are trying to lead people somewhere vs. represent the views of the majority of their voters.  I would advise them to move to the center if they want to win elections, and especially win with a real mandate.  Politics, after all, is the art of compromise.  Unlike religion.