Trump, the 'Nuclear Option' of Presidents, Awakens the Comfortable in the Senate By Charles Hurt
One of the greatest decisions of the 20th Century was the unflinching order by President Harry S. Truman to drop two bombs on Japan.
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April 10, 2017
April 10, 2017
GOP Voters See Merit-Based System As Legal Immigration Solution
President Trump has proposed moving toward a merit-based legal immigration system that grants visas based on one’s skill levels rather than their family connections. Republican voters think that’s a pretty good solution.
April 8, 2017
Why is Trump So Hated? It's The Tribalism by Ted Rall
This one is in post-9/11 cadence: why do liberals hate Trump so much?
April 8, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 8, 2017
President Trump ended the week with a bang – first with an airstrike against a Syrian military airfield suspected of launching a chemical weapons attack and then with the confirmation of his first U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
April 7, 2017
Voters Say Supreme Court Pick Who Pleases Both Parties Unlikely
Voters think it’s unlikely President Trump could nominate anyone to the U.S. Supreme Court who would appeal to both Republicans and Democrats, but they still don’t like the Senate changing its rules to make it easier for a nominee to be confirmed.
April 7, 2017
Mistrust of Trump Threatens Political Corrosion and Rule of Law by Michael Barone
Donald Trump's unorthodox campaign and unexpected victory have produced a culture of mistrust permeating our politics and threatening to undermine the rule of law. That's not healthy, whatever you think of Trump or his political opponents.
April 7, 2017
Nixon, LBJ & the First Shots in the Judges' War By Patrick J. Buchanan
The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court -- a war that began with a conspiracy against Richard Nixon by Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Abe Fortas and Lyndon Johnson.
April 7, 2017
Consumer Spending Update: Consumer Confidence Falls From Record Highs
Consumers may still be riding the wave of economic enthusiasm since Donald Trump was elected, but that confidence is starting to wane.
April 6, 2017
54% Think There Are Too Many Lawyers in the U.S.
Americans still think the United States would be better off with fewer attorneys, though that view has been on the decline.
April 6, 2017
Most Voters Not Happy With Current U.S.-China Trade Situation
As President Donald Trump prepares for his first meeting with the Chinese president, most voters believe the current trade situation with the two nations benefits Beijing more than Washington.
April 6, 2017
GOP Voters Smell a Rat When It Comes to the Media’s Agenda
Voters overall think the media’s going downhill, but Republicans are more convinced that the media would rather stir the pot than genuinely get to the root of the issues.
April 5, 2017
Democrats Think GOP Needs to Be More Like the Bush Family
The two former Presidents Bush and Republican also-ran Jeb Bush have been critical of President Trump, and most Democrats think the GOP should listen. Most Republicans disagree. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
April 5, 2017
Enough Protection Already by John Stossel
"Trump may have just signed a death warrant for our planet!" warns CNN host Van Jones.
April 5, 2017
52% Say Clintons Should Be Part of Russia Probe
Voters are closely divided on the importance of Congress investigating whether Russia interfered with the last election, but if it does, they think the Clintons’ ties to the Russians should be part of the probe.
April 5, 2017
Susan Rice Somehow Manages to Make Benghazi Cover-up Seem Minor By Charles Hurt
Well, that explains the deafening silence from President Obama.
All these months, it turns out, it was his right-hand hatchet gal and exposed serial prevaricator Susan Rice who was behind the scenes in his administration working all the levers of the most powerful espionage machine on planet Earth to spy on Mr. Obama’s political enemies.
April 5, 2017
The Northwestern University Rape Outbreak That Wasn't By Michelle Malkin
Campus feminists whipped up a Category-5 frenzy over sexual assault allegations at a Northwestern University fraternity in February. But last week, the school's Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin was forced to muster up her best impression of "Saturday Night Live's" classic foot-in-mouther, Emily Litella.
April 5, 2017
Democrats Say GOP Congress Too Confrontational
Although congressional Republicans have yet to pass anything of substance this year, most Democrats think they are already too pushy about what they want.
April 4, 2017
Do GOP Voters’ Views Still Strongly Align With Trump’s?
Voters are now evenly divided on which party’s views align more closely to their own, but the margin among Republican voters is shrinking when it comes to whether they think more like President Donald Trump or Republicans in Congress.
April 4, 2017
Voters Now Put Much More Emphasis on Global Warming Over Jobs
President Trump recently proposed cutting the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by nearly a third while dismantling many Obama-era climate change policies, but voters are now nearly divided over which is more important in the battle between stopping global warming and creating jobs.
April 4, 2017
Why Is Kim Jong Un Our Problem? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
