Former Clinton pollster Doug Schoen bared his soul Thursday on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” confessing he’s clinging to his Democratic Party ties by a thread. “I cling to my membership in the Democratic Party, but it’s not the same party,” he told host Laura Ingraham, lamenting its drift from the days of John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton. He sees a party lost to woke ideology, out of touch with America’s heart.

Schoen’s unease peaked after President Trump’s Tuesday night address to Congress. Democrats sat stone-faced, refusing to clap even when Secret Service Director Sean Curran honored 13-year-old DJ Daniel, a brain cancer fighter, with honorary credentials. Schoen called it a shameful display of a party too petty to recognize decency.

He didn’t hold back on the stakes. “We are a rudderless party without leadership, without ideas, without policies and certainly without messages,” Schoen said, a damning verdict from a man who helped Clinton win in 1996. Posts on X echo his despair, with conservatives cheering as Democrats flounder.

Trump’s speech was a masterstroke—82 percent of viewers approved, per CBS, with tax cuts, tariffs, and border security striking a chord. Schoen admitted its power, noting Trump invited policy debate Democrats can’t muster. “It’s a woke, far-left party that I really have very little in common with,” he said.

The contrast stung. Schoen praised Clinton’s 1994 pivot after the Gingrich wave—offering alternatives on crime, inflation, borders. Today’s Democrats? Crickets. “Until we do that as a party, we Democrats remain irrelevant, sadly,” he told Fox’s John Roberts earlier, a clip Ingraham replayed to hammer the point.

Sen. John Fetterman’s name came up—could he bolt too? “I certainly think that is possible,” Schoen said, citing the Pennsylvanian’s discomfort with the party’s leftward lurch. Moderates like him aren’t welcome, Schoen argued, a sign Trump’s appeal is peeling off even Democrat stalwarts.

Schoen’s still no Republican—he disagrees with Trump on plenty. But he can’t stomach his party’s refusal to meet the moment. “I wish we could have the kind of discussion about issues that most of us want,” he said, nodding to Trump’s outreach. Conservatives see this as their opening: a fractured foe ripe for the taking.

The heartland’s watching. Trump’s base loved his speech—97 percent of Republicans approved—while 60 percent of Democrats did too, per CBS. Schoen’s party can’t even rally its own, stuck on stunts like an 18-second “Street Fighter” video of reps that he called “cringeworthy and completely irrelevant.”

Republicans smell victory. Schoen’s a canary in the coal mine—a lifelong Democrat ready to jump ship. Trump’s not just winning policy—he’s winning souls. Conservatives say it’s time to press the advantage, bury the woke left, and keep America great under a leader who delivers.