A Presidency From Hell? By Pat Buchanan
Should Donald Trump surge from behind to win, he would likely bring in with him both houses of Congress.
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October 28, 2016
October 28, 2016
So Far, Trump Not Sinking Down-Ballot Republicans By Michael Barone
Could a flailing Donald Trump campaign hurt down-ballot Republicans and cost the party majorities in the Senate and House? That seems possible, if he loses to Hillary Clinton by a margin similar to those in most current polls and if Americans keep on straight-ticket voting as they have increasingly in recent years.
October 27, 2016
The State of Play With a Dozen Days to Go by Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley
Another week has passed in the presidential race and it appears that Donald Trump is not making up much if any ground on Hillary Clinton. Last month, we coined the term “Fortress Obama” to describe an outer and inner ring of defenses Clinton had against Trump as she sought to recreate Barack Obama’s Electoral College majority. The outer ring consisted of states like Florida, Iowa, Nevada, and Ohio — states that Obama won twice but that are vulnerable to Trump — as well as North Carolina, which Obama carried only in 2008. These are states that Trump needs but that Clinton could probably do without. Then there’s the inner ring, states like Colorado, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin, none of which Clinton can afford to lose if Trump were to completely knock down the outer ring.
October 26, 2016
Hillary's Climate of Hate By Michelle Malkin
Who are the haters? Who are the autocrats? Who are the serial abusers of power?
October 26, 2016
Trump May Be What Grant Was for Lincoln’s America By Charles Hurt
Once again Donald Trump revealed his true inner racist self by going to a famous Civil War battlefield in a nod to the spectacular turning point in that epic war.
October 26, 2016
The Ruling Class by John Stossel
America is often described as a society without the Old World's aristocracy. Yet we still have people who feel entitled to boss the rest of us around. The "elite" media, the political class, Hollywood and university professors think their opinions are obviously correct, so they must educate us peasants.
October 25, 2016
Dump Duterte -- for Starters By Patrick J. Buchanan
Alliances are transmission belts of war.
October 25, 2016
Immigration Controversies By Thomas Sowell
Despite controversies that rage over immigration, it is hard to see how anyone could be either for or against immigrants in general. First of all, there are no immigrants in general.
October 25, 2016
The Politics These Two Unpopular Nominees Hath Wrought by Michael Barone
In last week's third and (thank goodness) final presidential debate, each candidate did an excellent job of presenting convincing arguments for why people shouldn't vote for the other.
October 21, 2016
The Four Things Hillary Could do to Close the Deal Against Trump By Ted Rall
She's ahead in the polls by roughly three to four points. Given her opposition, however, Hillary Clinton ought be doing a lot better than that.
Consider Clinton's structural advantages over Donald Trump.
October 21, 2016
An Establishment in Panic By Pat Buchanan
Pressed by moderator Chris Wallace as to whether he would accept defeat should Hillary Clinton win the election, Donald Trump replied, "I will tell you at the time. I'll keep you in suspense."
October 21, 2016
Despite Trump, Demotic Protest Politics Doesn't Always Fail by Michael Barone
2016 has been a big year for protest politics -- not just in the United States, what with Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump getting over 40 percent of primary votes, but also all over Europe and Latin America, where voters have been rejecting the advice of their nations' political, financial and media establishments.
October 20, 2016
With 19 Days to Go, Clinton’s Lead Is Bigger Than Ever by Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley
The mist is lifting from the map of the United States and the moment of clarity for the 2016 general election campaign has arrived. Yes, there is still uncertainty about some states in the Electoral College. But nearly all of it comes in states that Mitt Romney won in 2012 or a couple of Barack Obama states that Hillary Clinton doesn’t need to win.
October 19, 2016
Despite All the Slime and Party Traitors, Donald Trump Still Has a Chance By Charles Hurt
Donald Trump is still in this race, and he can still win it.
October 19, 2016
Debate Depressive Disorder By Michelle Malkin
How many more broadcast bust-ups will it take before America finally decides to make its presidential election debates tolerable again? I can't take it anymore. Can you?
October 18, 2016
The Left and the Masses By Thomas Sowell
The greatest moral claim of the political left is that they are for the masses in general and the poor in particular. That is also their greatest fraud. It even fools many leftists themselves.
October 18, 2016
Is the System Rigged? You Betcha. by Patrick J. Buchanan
"Remember, it's a rigged system. It's a rigged election," said Donald Trump in New Hampshire on Saturday.
October 18, 2016
Which Party Will Hold the Senate and House? By Michael Barone
Which party is going to control the House and hold a majority in the Senate in January 2017? Even if you regard the presidential contest as over -- a proposition for which there is powerful evidence, including Donald Trump's current campaign message choices -- the answers to those questions are, respectively, mildly and very unclear.
October 14, 2016
Trump's Guerilla Politics are Here to Stay By Ted Rall
Donald Trump is a cat with 12 or 13 lives.
