(Most of the evidence suggests the trend is asymmetric: Republicans in Congress have become much more conservative, while Democrats have become only somewhat more liberal.)
... which trashes the "equivalence" of the Repug/Dem polarization.
They are not equally to blame, and Repugs, with the backing of the 1% and VRWC, have certainly taken the initiative over 25+ years to go extreme right in favor of the VRWC (tax cuts for wealthy and corps, deregulation of finance, and ing the 47%).

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