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I’ve not heard the Democratic Party demand a balance between themselves and Republicans as a policy plank. Even if an individual had done so, It seems foolhardy to blame a large tent of fairly reasonable people for the incestuousness that has become conservatism.
Long before? No. Age can be a problem, but being 60 or 70 doesn’t make someone geriatric by itself.