Death to the Stump Speech By Ted Rall
Throughout 2016, the presidential candidates who were not Donald Trump complained to Jeffrey Zucker.
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May 11, 2019
May 10, 2019
Most Now See Economy As Fair to Those Who Work Hard
With the economy booming, Americans are much more confident that hard work pays off and are worrying a lot less about the level of government dependency in the country.
May 10, 2019
White House Watch: Trump Bests Harris One-on-One
Senator Kamala Harris of California is no threat to President Trump in a new White House Watch hypothetical 2020 matchup.
May 10, 2019
For Joe Biden, on China It's Still the 1990s By Michael Barone
Once upon a time, May 1 -- May Day -- was a day for working-class parades in factory towns. This year, it was a day for Joe Biden, to set off on his third presidential campaign in 32 years, to make news on the stump, not in a working-class venue but in the university town of Iowa City, now the state's Democratic stronghold.
May 10, 2019
Are All the World's Problems Ours? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In 2003, George W. Bush took us to war to liberate Iraq from the despotism of Saddam Hussein and convert that nation into a beacon of freedom and prosperity in the Middle East.
May 9, 2019
Americans Don’t Trust Feds on Gun Control But Less Wary of Federal Gun Licenses
Americans tend to favor Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker’s idea of a federal gun license, even though most don’t trust the federal government with gun laws and don’t expect Booker’s plan to reduce gun crime.
May 9, 2019
Notes on the State of the House By Kyle Kondik
The Democrats' generic ballot edge endures, at least for now, but they shouldn’t get their hopes up on redistricting.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— While it’s very early in the cycle and these polls are not predictive so far in advance, the House generic ballot polling right now looks very similar to what we saw this time two years ago.
— Republicans almost certainly will need to lead on the generic ballot to retake the House, but perhaps they won’t need as big of a lead as we’ve seen in the past because of the nature of partisan voting in a presidential year and their abundance of targets in districts President Trump can or will carry.
— If new House maps are created in Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, and Ohio because of various court orders, Democrats would benefit on balance. But it may very well be that no maps end up being changed.
May 8, 2019
Voters Want Government to Get Tough on Those Who Overstay Visas
While the Trump administration works to shift U.S. visa policy to a merit-based system rather than a family-based one, most voters continue to favor a crackdown on those who overstay their welcome.
May 8, 2019
Voters Are More Welcoming of Trump’s Hard Line on Iran
As tensions escalate with Iran over its nuclear weapons program, voters here are more supportive of President Trump’s get-tough attitude but are not optimistic that it will bring needed change.
May 8, 2019
Independent Journalists By John Stossel
"I'm not going to let them bully me out of reporting," said Tim Pool after recording an Antifa protest where angry activists cursed at him. There might have been violence, but Antifa's "de-escalation team" protected him, he says.
May 8, 2019
Keeping Fake Illegal Alien Families Together By Michelle Malkin
Who remembers the hysterical sound and fury of open borders leftists last summer over President Donald Trump's detention and enforcement policies at our besieged southern border?
May 7, 2019
Most Still Oppose Benefits, Legal Rights for Illegal Immigrants
Voters continue to strongly oppose government benefits and constitutional legal rights for those here illegally and think the availability of those things is a magnet for further illegal immigration.
May 7, 2019
Let the Sunshine in at the Federal Reserve By Stephen Moore
I'm disappointed I had to withdraw from the nomination to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board because I do believe the Fed needs to change the way it operates. In the last month, I started investigating how it makes its decisions, which have such a dramatic impact on jobs, wages, interest rates and the overall well-being of the country. How does the Fed make its monetary policy decisions on setting interest rates, buying bonds and regulating our financial institutions?
May 7, 2019
Is Bolton Steering Trump Into War with Iran? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Last week, it was Venezuela in America's gun sights.
May 6, 2019
42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending May 2.
May 6, 2019
Voters Oppose ‘Unlikely’ Impeachments of Trump, Barr, Kavanaugh
Congressional Democrats seem to be in an impeaching mood these days, but voters think their threats against President Trump, Attorney General William Barr and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh are going nowhere.
May 4, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 4, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
May 3, 2019
Voters Say Trump’s Impeachment, Removal from Office Bad for Economy
Democrats remain convinced that President Obama is largely responsible for the economic boom that followed Donald Trump’s election, but voters in general agree that Trump’s impeachment would be bad news for the U.S. economy.
May 3, 2019
Will Joe Biden's Long Career Help or Hurt? By Michael Barone
Joe Biden has been around a long time. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972, at age 29 (he reached the Constitution's required age of 30 before taking office in January 1973). No one in the current Senate was there then; the current senior-most House member only arrived there after a special election two months later. Few other Americans have had such long-lasting prominent political careers: John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay in the 19th century, arguably; Claude Pepper and Strom Thurmond in the 20th.
May 3, 2019
Let Venezuela Decide Its Own Destiny By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Who would be free themselves must strike the blow...
