@Sturgis,
1. Why is it a problem if the elected officials want to "tip everything"? The key word there is "elected". In a democracy elected officials are supposed to have influence.
In England you had the Prime Minister who is appointed (although they had an vote for party leader) using the Queen (who is not elected) to suspend parliament (who is also elected... but is now shut down).
2. The Democratic party is in no threat of being eliminated. Congress has been saying 'no' to Trump as have the courts. For however much you whine, we have three branches of government that are putting checks on each other.
3. I don't see what is wrong with being friendly with Oralloy.
4. I suspect the Republican party is in far more danger politically than the Democrats. Trump is damaging the GOP, my prediction is that the Republican party is going to have real problems in the next few cycles.