Shifted? With the implication that there's been some sort of Right-shift in the US that leaves this guy in the middle or in civil-libertarian space? Pick a to

Shifted? With the implication that there's been some sort of Right-shift in the US that leaves this guy in the middle or in civil-libertarian space? Pick a topic: drug legalization, gay marriage, social program spending, state intervention in private commerce, public health care. Look at the goals of the Left in the US and the goals of the Right in the US over the past 30 years. Clearly the Left has made all of the policy and public mindshare advances. Even military spending is relatively flat and purpose of the military has gone from some hard right fight against communism to a squishier press for democracy.