NBC News releases first national poll since President Trump took office

With Democrats in disarray and Trump on the attack, many ask what is the way forward

Democratic voters are frustrated with their party’s inability to challenge the Trump Administration as it uses executive actions to reshape government, cut spending and lay off federal employees.

Tom Peabody: Trump delivering for you

To all my Democratic friends, please ease up on yourselves over Donald Trump being president. Reading the Recorder makes it obvious that you all seem to be in a state of despair over what he is doing. It should be more obvious to you that this is what our country is all about and what the majority of patriotic Americans want.

Editorial: Voters vent their displeasure with state of the state

A new poll that asked respondents to weigh in on several hot-button issues undoubtedly will add to the unease of the state’s Democratic establishment facing rising resistance from residents weary of the politically taxing status quo. Massachusetts voters already indicated their support for empowering the state auditor to probe the Democrat-controlled Legislature at the ballot box last fall, and now this new survey found they overwhelmingly want …

Democrats smashed on the rocks

A new NBC News poll found that a scant 7% of registered voters have a “very positive” view of the donkey assemblage. Last November, real America roared back into bloom.  Voters swarmed polling sites to giv...

The long-term trend is abruptly reversing with Trump as president. Now his support is the strongest ever – and the Democrats’ the lowest.

An Abundance of Ambiguity

America is in a funk. People are unhappy with every major institution of government, from Congress to the Supreme Court to newspapers to the Democratic Party, and they lack confidence in the future. The rent is too damn high and wages too low, the health care system is broken, fires and floods are wrecking our communities, and we can’t even build a decent high-speed rail to rival 1990s Europe.  Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Avid Rea…