Judy, Judy, Judy. "Democrats seem helpless" because they are making themselves irrelevant by staying in the past and not looking to the future. look at your examples: Yates - let go because of  insubordination; Flynn - let go because of keeping things from his bosses; (not sure where you were going with the sister of the son-in-law thing). All things that a boss who is taking care of business should do. And James Comey - a man who everyone, including Watters and Shumer, said they had lost confidence in the man - gets fired and the Dems have a melt down with their faux histrionics (that may be redundant). If they want to be heard, they need to start thinking of ways to work their issues into what the man is trying to do and not keep crying over spilt milk.