Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Anti-Trump Rage Lifts Democrats' Funk (a Little)

Firing up the base is one strategy. Recapturing swing voters is another. Doing both? That's tricky.

February 10, 2017 at 1:30 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

Fired up.
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The Democrats are perking up. The depression that suffused the party a month ago is diminishing, with a sense of a rejuvenated grass roots.

This psychological revival is being driven by President Donald Trump's pronouncements, policies, appointments and avalanche of lies, all of which are remarkably divisive. It's all emboldened Washington Democrats to oppose Trump at every turn, engaged progressive groups around the country and aroused hope for midterm congressional victories in the 2018 election.