Ducks In A Row Or Herding Cats

In the early 20th century the Democrat and Republican parties were basically playing on a level playing field. Each political party had many factions that played off each other, and the U.S. political system worked to refine various ideas to a logical and generally positive result for the nation as a whole. The operative concept is that the system worked. That began to change when in the third decade of the 20th century the progressives nee Marxists began infiltrating the Democrat Party. By the beginning of the 21st century, the Marxist community organizers had the Marxist Democrat Party marching ideologically in lock step like the good little socialists they were. The Marxists got their minions, Democrats politicians, and mainstream media using the same talking points (verbatim) day after day. They have their ducks in a row. It looks as contrived as it actually is, but it seems to work.