The Democratic Party is employing tactics that the Washington Post says constitute “an unprecedented break with Senate tradition” to slow walk the confirmations of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees. And while those tactics are bolstering the careers of presidential hopefuls such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and placating the party’s liberal base, they are setting up vulnerable Democrats for failure in 2018.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, recently warned his party it needs to take a “chill pill” because they weren’t retaking Congress in 2018. He also emphasized the need for the party to moderate instead of turning more progressive. But instead of heeding that advice, the Democratic Party is hunkering down and stoking the liberal base by opposing Trump on every single action he takes.