They don't believe in moderation, equal opportunity, or whatever. Not the way conservatives BELIEVE in guns, freedom, and fucking winning. If dems even dreamed of picking a justice with 55 days left, the tea party would reunite into a voltron of armed riots patrolling the white house, mouths frothing, and fox news amplifying their valiant efforts 24/7. That's because they really BELIEVE in that shit. Nothing can stop the folks who believe.
Remember when libs gave up on Gore cause they didnt wanna look like sore losers? Is that the behavior of a fucking freedom fighter? Someone on the right side of history? There's no conviction!
Meanwhile, dems can't bring themselves to pass some basic procedural obfuscation, things like impeachment, fast track measures, or force a quorum in the senate (all of this from a leaked memo.) All off which Mitch Mcconnell would do in a fucking milodecond. Mitch would go down swinging. Mitch BELIEVES in his cause.
But not libs, not them. They don't believe.
Liberalism hinges on the masses pulling each other downwards for ever expressing belief or faith in anything; if liberals believed in anything they would not still be liberals. The hopelessness in neoliberal capitalism is a built-in feature to tear down the ability to find hope or solace in anything so no one is willing to go against the system.