Is a New GOP Being Born? by Patrick J. Buchanan
The first four Republican contests -- Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada -- produced record turnouts.
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March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016
Arizona, Not Trump, Shows Republicans the Way on Immigration By Michael Barone
In last Thursday's slam-bang Republican debate everyone saw Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz do a fine job of demonstrating Donald Trump's ignorance and inconsistencies. But many may not have noticed Cruz's citation of a Feb. 9 Wall Street Journal article that casts light on the immigration issue -- and suggests strongly that Cruz's and Rubio's serious immigration policies could prove more effective than Trump's bombast about building a wall and getting Mexico to pay for it.
March 1, 2016
GOP Voters, Unaffiliateds More Influenced by Debates Than Democrats Are
Republicans and unaffiliated voters are more likely than Democrats to have changed candidates as a result of the 10 GOP and six Democratic presidential campaign debates. But most voters who have followed the debates are pretty much where they were before it all began.
February 29, 2016
29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending February 25.
February 29, 2016
Most Think Flint Water Crisis Is Being Politicized
Americans overwhelmingly believe the ongoing water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, is primarily a state and local responsibility and think the public outcry by prominent officials like President Obama and Hillary Clinton is more about politics than a solution to the problem.
February 29, 2016
Support for Clinton Up Among Democrats Nationally
More Democrats than ever now support Hillary Clinton’s bid for their party’s presidential nomination.
February 27, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 27, 2016
Here comes Super Tuesday, this year’s political Groundhog Day when we’ll find out whether the Republican presidential slugfest is over or bound to continue a while longer. Nearly 600 GOP delegates are at stake in primaries and caucuses throughout the country.
February 26, 2016
Oscars Controversy Has Little Impact on Viewing Audience
This Sunday’s 88th Academy Awards are marred by controversy over a lack of diversity among the nominees, but viewers don't seem to mind.
February 26, 2016
Hillary vs. The Donald by Patrick J. Buchanan
In a Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump race -- which, the Beltway keening aside, seems the probable outcome of the primaries -- what are the odds the GOP can take the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court?
February 26, 2016
Trump's Rivals Must Make the Case for Themselves By Michael Barone
Does Donald Trump's big win in the Nevada caucuses mean he's the inevitable Republican nominee? He has made himself the favorite and could sew up the nomination with the first winner-take-all primaries March 15. But it's not inevitable that he will become the nominee. The question is how others can prevent it.
Trump won 46 percent in Nevada; Marco Rubio won 24 percent, and Ted Cruz won 21 percent. That's in line with polling, which showed Nevada to be one of the best Trump states.
February 26, 2016
Trump Change: All Signs Point To 'The Donald'
Decisive victories in South Carolina and Nevada have Republican voters more certain than ever that Donald Trump will be their party’s nominee heading into Super Tuesday.
February 25, 2016
Most Voters Still Say No to Closing Guantanamo
President Obama this week renewed his effort to close the prison camp for suspected terrorists at the U.S. Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. Most voters still oppose that idea, don’t want the prisoners being jailed here and think the ones that have been released already are again a threat to the United States.
February 25, 2016
Democrats 2016: From South Carolina to the Ides of March, Part Two By Kyle Kondik
This is the second part of a two-part series analyzing the flood of primaries and in both parties from now through March 15. Last week we looked at the Republicans, and this week we look at the Democrats.
February 25, 2016
Few Fear an IRS Audit
Americans don't trust the IRS, but they're less worried this year about being audited by the feds.
February 24, 2016
More Plan to File Their Taxes on Time
With the April 18 deadline still nearly two months away, Americans are more confident they’ll file their taxes on time.
February 24, 2016
Starving on the Prosciutto-and-Brie Poverty Diet by Michelle Malkin
Heed the cry of an entitled young American hipster: Woe is me, me, me, me, me!
February 24, 2016
The Pope vs. Trump: What Do Voters Say?
Voters strongly disagree with Pope Francis that those who support building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border are not Christians and don't much like prominent religious leaders telling them how to vote.
February 24, 2016
Establishment seeks U.S.S. Marco Rubio to save it from Donald Trump By Charles Hurt
The Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome treatment facilities simply cannot handle the patient load. By Super Tuesday, there will be no beds left and white people wearing Brooks Brothers suits and tassel loafers will be wandering the streets of New York and D.C. with bloodshot eyes.
February 24, 2016
Joy and Bad Law By John Stossel
According to Betfair.com, Jennifer Lawrence probably won't win best actress at the Oscars Sunday. I'm rooting for her, though -- not because of her acting, but because the movie she stars in, "Joy," celebrates the difficulty of entrepreneurship.
