I don't think leftists are supposed to get a say. It sure seems like that candidacy was railroaded. I assume it'll keep happening until infighting stops. I'd rather see an election where the Harris's of the world are considered conservative candidates.

By not relying on Democrats and creating your own party?

People who are liberals look upon the principles of Marxism as abstract dogma. They approve of Marxism, but are not prepared to practice it or to practice it in full; they are not prepared to replace their liberalism by Marxism. These people have their Marxism, but they have their liberalism as well--they talk Marxism but practice liberalism; they apply Marxism to others but liberalism to themselves. They keep both kinds of goods in stock and find a use for each. This is how the minds of certain people work.