Democrats got exactly what they set out to get, and now here we are.

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Democrats got exactly what they set out to get, and now here we are.

Resistance politics inevitably feels conservative. It’s reactionary in a literal sense, and this week, it ended in disaster for the Democrats.

The coalition the Democratic Party built in the Obama years has crumbled. But Democrats can choose how to respond.

Why opposing Trump is not so completely obvious, obligatory or a matter of simple common sense.

Either way, it’s too close to make a prediction.