A fervent attempt at cultural and national suicide. Leftists have finally found a group of lunatics who hate liberty, responsibility, and all at the high ideals of Western civilization as much (or more) than they do. They're completely enamored with the jihadis. Hence their current bedfellow status. Of course the jihadis just view the lib loons as the useful idiots for Islamic jihad that they are.
More like they're handing the rein over to their dark master. This is straight from the pit. It's not just US, it's global. Is this not evidence of a much larger and powerful hand?