Whole Hog Politics: Democrats learn the limits of resistance

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : Pumping out press releases acclaiming every utterance of Trump is easy money in bright-red districts.
76% : Trump, meanwhile, seems to be having the time of his life.
48% : Trump heading toward?
47% : The Blue Team is out there protesting on behalf of government workers, not the most sympathetic victims to the broader electorate, and dreaming of a day when they can impeach Trump for a third time.
46% : The new rush of money comes as Democrats put up strong performances in small-bore special elections since Trump took office.
45% : How Democrats should respond to this frenetic moment in American history depends on which hundred days they think Trump is having.
42% : -- President Trump explains his thinking behind his executive order that bans paper straws.
38% : Is Trump fundamentally changing the function of the federal government and its relationship to the citizens as Roosevelt did?
37% : Or is Trump racking up early, feel-good victories but will ultimately be undone by his hubris?
35% : Trump is a little less than a third of the way into his first 100 days in office, a measurement common in American politics since former President Franklin Roosevelt used it for his first administration in 1933.
35% : Ramaswamy's team has also brought on some of Vice President Vance's top political advisers in recent weeks, an indicator that he could snag eventual backing from Vance, a former Ohio senator, or President Trump.
33% : It may be fitting that President Trump has been in a Napoleonic mode of late.
33% : Of course, that view of Trump and his movement invites an impotent rage that only further alienates persuadable voters. Holy croakano!
29% : Lawmakers in the minority of both chambers promise to fight Trump, so rank-and-file Democrats say "Let's see it!"
29% : " Utah holds off a Trump takeover: The New York Times: "As President Trump pursues his right-wing agenda at breakneck speed...one of the 50 states has remained a redoubt of a kinder, gentler and more civil kind of Republicanism.
23% : And that is a particularly unsatisfying answer for those in the party who believe that Trump is some sort of dark version of FDR.
21% : In 2024, Donald Trump closed most of the gap, losing voters under 30 by a 51-47 margin. ...

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