By the way, depending on the polls you look at (they differ quite a bit), there are some that indicate that Trump had a rise in approval right after the election compared to his approval ratings for the campaign year, which had been abysmal. In some of the polls, he has basically sustained that increase. I don’t think there are any polls where his approval ratings have gone down to what they were for the most part during the campaign (they were abysmal back then,as I said). So in general I don’t see him as having lost support, and I see him as having built a very modest amount compared to where he was prior to November 2016.

I wrote a post on a related subject about a month ago. Since then, the polls are over the map.

At this point, I’m not #NeverTrump (as you seem to imply my argument is coming from), but #IWantLastingConservativeSuccess.

Any good trump may do may / likely be overshadowed by the other shtuff that comes with him.

If he doesn’t build broad support, don’t expect any good changes to last beyond an election cycle or two.

He needs to walk his talk, and demonstrate transparency, competence, honesty and integrity.

Bashing on the msm, while cathartic for many, is a deflective mechanism for trump, and it doesn’t move the ball forward.

trump needs as much accountability as the msm does, lest it encourages continuation of some of his worst traits. And, it won’t work if it comes from the left.

True . . . in theory, but self-loathing has been used for years as a facade of objectivity. As the recent Bill Kristol Tweet reveals, #NeverTrump-ers are only its most recent manifestation.

Nor did you seem to get the message that folks on “our” side (what used to all be referred to as “Conservatives” or “the Right”) by being focused on and invested in pointing out the wrongs of only one side, presents its own risk.

The danger is not all on one side of the aisle nowadays.

But, you are free to think I am “incredibly biased” for pointing out such.

I say “guilty” as I am biased towards holding ALL accountable.

If this were a blog where the majority were leftists, I’d be saying the same thing only pointing out the problems with their narrative, apoplectic behavior, and the very flawed judicial rulings.

Piling on in these comments section signals “solidarity” and “confirmation”, but not much else.

Unless we want to have our own little version of a modern college campus, with their “safe spaces”, we need to be considering more than just how bad those “others” are.

For future reference, this is a golden way to get people to utterly ignore anything else you say as being in bad faith—especially after the original author has already pointed out otherwise.

All it does is highlight yourself as incredibly biased.

It is not all about how “they” are making trump look. A good part of that is in trump’s own hands.

Nevertheless, there have been comments here and there from some in the msm (such as John Dickerson’s on Hewitt’s show) that indicates a growing realization that responding in kind to every outrage (real or imagined) are not helping themselves.
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All I know is that while there are folks who cheer him on, they ought not confuse that with how the majority probably see it.

I suggest that trump is not moving the ball forward whatsoever in gaining the support needed to make lasting change.

Worse, it may prove rather destructive all around.
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Until trump walks his talk, I don’t see that changing, and he looks to be one who won’t change.

In contrast, the msm will figure out how to respond – they will change – even if it means being more “honest” or “balanced” than they have been. I am starting to see more toned down reporting in the network news (not so much on cable).

I’m one who forwent voting for the last 30 years of the last century on the grounds that “It just encourages the bastards.” I registered as a Republican out of sheer contrariness when I found myself living in what The Congressional Record in 2003 termed “The Leftmost County In America.” That said, Donald Trump is making me laugh and sing; watching him play whack-a-mole with the reporter kids is more entertaining than baseball, and I love baseball.

What they seem incapable of perceiving is that (a) they will never be able to put Trump on the defensive, and (b) he’s not only more adult, he’s smarter than anybody that would default to a media career.

And by the way, Gothamite, I agree it’s about brain chemistry – but it’s notable that the linked piece only tested lefties, isn’t it? More evidence of the link between liberalism and mental disorders in my opinion.

I think you’re right about the symbiotic relationship. Till now.

Yesterday I think the MSM realized that Trump might be getting the better of them. Might be making them look foolish, more foolish than they are able to make him look. They don’t like that.