Surprised that the Democrats stuck to their guns on the shutdown, even opening themselves up to the charge that they are “far more concerned with illegal immigrants” than with the military and border security, as President Trump put it in a Saturday morning tweet?
Don’t be. It’s been coming for a while. And while liberals should cheer it in the short term, all citizens should be aware of the potential long-term stakes for the republic of the Democrats becoming more a mirror image of the Republican Party. CONT.
Michael Tomasky, New York Times