<p>Do not expect the Democratic party, it's leadership, its elected officials, and party apparatchiks to be able to effectively respond to Republican/rightwing strategies generated by rightwing policy engines/thinktanks. The left does not have anything comparable--only impotent&amp;nbsp; left wing think tanks that do research. The left must envision, fund and create a Manhttn project built on a model similar to what the right has, and it will cost billions.&amp;nbsp;</p>