More like you used to be a clearly right-of-center party before you let DFW recruit tons of left-wingers into the mix for his own political gain and totally dilute any ideological convictions the Federalists once had (which, granted, weren't many).
But yes, Yankee, you (presumably) won the last ballot for Chair, so you're still the "leader".
We have always had a number of moderate Democrats in the Party. There are a few less libertarians, and a few more Moderate Dems.
The Republican Party has been acting rather stupid lately if you hadn't noticed so a lot of people who would not be otherwise, are Democrats.
