As long as the middle is more concerned with keeping the left out than about having the right in, the right will remain in power. And at some point the middle will cease to be relevant.
@aral This could be any number of countries at any number of junctures in history is the amusing part.
1870 Bismarckian Germany?
1849 counterrevolutionary illiberal suppression across Europe?
1933 Racial biasing of New Deal & Federal Grants?
DLC & Third Way autophagy since Reagan/Thatcher?