Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the February 11, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Increasing numbers of Democrats want their party to oppose Trump — CBS News poll analysis Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna, CBS News The nation's rank-and-file Democrats are increasingly looking for more opposition to President Trump from their congressional delegation. A sizable 4 in 10 rank-and-file Republicans would have their congressional delegation support whatever Mr. Trump wants — a view largely boosted by those Republicans who identify as part of the MAGA movement.
Obama Best Liked Among Living Presidents; Biden, Least Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Of the five living men who have served as U.S. president, Barack Obama receives the highest favorable rating (59%) and Joe Biden the lowest (39%). George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are rated more positively than negatively, while opinions about Donald Trump are divided.
On issue after issue, Americans say things are going better locally than nationally Jenn Hatfield, Pew Research Center
Inflation Expectations Stable; Household Spending Growth Expectations Decline Federal Reserve Bank of New York
A Majority of Americans are Concerned Trump’s Government Cuts Will Go Too Far Maryann Cousens, Navigator Research The GOP is Trump's party now Nathaniel Rakich and Katie Marriner, 538 Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say Adam Liptak, New York Times [unlocked] Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic [unlocked] Welcome to America’s Fourth Great Constitutional Rupture Noah Millman, New York Times [unlocked] It's a Coup, Not a Crisis Ivo Daalder, America Abroad Sabotaging the Pax Americana Paul Krugman Why the Attack On This Agency Is Trump/Muskism In a Nutshell Paul Waldman, The Cross Section The right-wing bubble absorbs D.C. Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked] Covering the ‘Mad King’ Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review How Charlie Kirk Became the Youth Whisperer of the American Right Robert Draper, New York Times Magazine [unlocked]
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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538 PoliticsMajority of Americans approve of Trump's job performance so far, CBS News poll find
CBS NewsTamara Keith and Amy Walter on what the American public thinks about Trump's 2nd term
PBS NewsHour