Exactly. You can't have it both ways. If it's so clear that even forming a coalition with a third party and maybe conceding a few points to them would loose you this invaluable mass of voters than what the hell do you want those fringe Leftys for anyway?

Like they're more or less trying to form a coalition with centrists because they, presumably, think it's a great voting block. And yet it's leftists who aren't doing good politics.

Make your bed and fucking lie in it.