A bipartisan deal led by moderate Democrats to end the long, painful government shutdown exposes Massachusetts’ far left senators as politically motivated obstructionists and casts doubt on efforts to blame the shutdown on President Trump and Republicans.

Trump appears to have won the standoff after eight moderate Democrats – led by New Hampshire’s two senators – defected and agreed to end the shutdown without a guarantee to fund Obamacare.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey voted to continue the stalemate despite growing fears about how it has impacted their constituents.

And Democrats’ plans to cast it as the “Trump shutdown” and Republicans’ efforts to make it the “Schumer shutdown” haven’t reverberated with voters – polling suggests Americans blame both sides equally.

A survey by

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