I feel somewhat the same way as you. There's a few areas I don't agree democrats/democratic politicians on, but they're all areas that both parties are exactly the same on despite it being a 2 party system (such as more draconian IP enforcement such as SOPA, which would have easily passed in a bi-partisan vote had the Internet not started a huge campaign against it).

I wish we switched to a parliamentary system like practically every other 1st world country uses today. There's a reason why even US Supreme Court justices have advised developing nations switching over to a democracy (such as Iraq) to not base their government on the US Constitution.

... baby steps though

I am of the opinion that party you speak of is gone.

The extremists have taken over.