The Democratic view: Republicans are an illegimate part of America
The Democratic Party continues to demonstrate its criminal and dictatorial nature. Former DNC chairman Howard Dean declared on television that if Obama loses Ohio, it must be because Republicans prevented Democrats from voting or because voting machines did not work.
In short, Democrats are entitled to win, entitled to rule the country. Any other result must be because of fraud or voter suppression or racism, and thus is illegitimate. The only legitimate outcome is Democratic victory.
This has been for a long time the Democrats’ view of American politics, but the nice, brain-dead Republicans never identify it or make the Democrats accountable for it.