Why would the party of FDR and Truman, and even Clinton and Obama - men unafraid of making a decision and sticking by it - enter into a fight, then collapse like a house of cards under a stiff breeze of criticism? Good grief, Charlie Brown, what did they expect?

But here's the thing: Democrats were just so recently burned by a Trump promise to sign a compromise bill, which he then refused to do! No wonder Mitch McConnell is smiling, and, Trump is giddily tweeting again.

Whatever happened to making a stand and standing by it?

Know what the Democrats are going to get from this latest accommodation with Trump and company after giving up the only leverage they had in Trump's first year of his presidency? They're going to get the proverbial middle finger - right in the left eye!

My plea to you, Bernie: Don't ever switch your party label! Remain as you are: a loud voice to a party that's lost its will to fight.

Bill Blando, New Cumberland