Very good article , just onetwo thoughts The Republicans , after all , decided on day one that they would not work with Obama at all . Given the dangers a Trump administration poses Democrats should reciprocate in full measure . I like the way Bernie has approached this , he ' s boldly ready to stand against Trump on everything but he ' s selling it as being willing to work with Trump on anything that Trump might agree with progressives and some of his campaign promises . Very possibly this will be nothing at all , but if there ' s anything it would be better than just complete obstruction . Another lesson from the tea party is that it didn ' t just target Democrats . Tea partiers ruthlessly ate their ownany Republican who dared work with Obama . They waged primary campaigns against longtime congressmen and senators and won races the establishment never thought possible . Same argument , in our case it wouldn ' t necessarily be Democrats that dare work with Trump , but rather Democrats that fight against the ideas of Bernie ' s platform for the sake of protecting the establishment and lobbyists for large corporations .