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April 21, 2016

Americans Still Sour About Government Bailouts of Big Banks

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may not be winning most of the state presidential primaries, but his strong criticism of the government’s treatment of Wall Street institutions certainly resonates with most Americans.

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April 20, 2016

How Trump Could Win the Republican Nomination in Five (Not-So) Easy Steps By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

Let’s get the easy part out of the way first. Bernie Sanders went into the New York Democratic primary with essentially no path to catching Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and he leaves it with even less of a path after Clinton’s victory. Despite some national polls showing the race effectively a tie, Clinton has a lead in pledged delegates and superdelegates that Sanders cannot catch. Unless Clinton is somehow forced from the race, she will be the nominee. Sanders assuredly still has some victories to come, but the eventual outcome really is not in doubt.

April 20, 2016

Voters See Growing Divide Between Voters, Party Leaders

The surprising level of support for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders suggests voters in the two major parties are getting more extreme in their thinking than their respective party leaders. A sizable number of voters agree, though Democrats are more likely than Republicans to think their party’s voters and leaders are in sync.

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April 20, 2016

Hospital By John Stossel

I write this from the hospital. Seems I have lung cancer.   

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April 20, 2016

Ted Cruz Fails to Heed Own Advice, Get Out of Race He Can’t Win By Charles Hurt

What strange bedfellows and broken pretzels politics do make!

April 20, 2016

Clinton vs. Trump - The Hand We’ve Been Dealt

The presidential contest that no one ever expected and many claim not to want is back on track and coming to your ballot box this fall.

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April 20, 2016

Yes, We Need a Canadian Border Wall By Michelle Malkin

Canada's sloppy, rushed and reckless Syrian refugee resettlement program is America's looming national security nightmare.

April 19, 2016

Voters Still Lean Right on Fiscal Issues, Closely Divided on Social Policy

Voters remain more conservative on money issues than on those that pertain to social matters, but attitudes really haven’t changed much in recent years. Democrats and Republicans continue to disagree.

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April 19, 2016

New York Exceptionalism and Donald Trump By Michael Barone

Noo Yawk. That's the state with this week's presidential primary, in which candidates who have spent time in New York recently are currently running ahead, according to polls.

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April 19, 2016

Winners or Whiners? By Thomas Sowell

If there is one pattern that is emerging from this year's political campaigns, it is that rhetoric beats reality -- in both parties.

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April 19, 2016

Is the GOP Risking Suicide? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Donald Trump has brought out the largest crowds in the history of primaries. He has won the most victories, the most delegates, the most votes. He is poised to sweep three of the five largest states in the nation -- New York, Pennsylvania and California.

April 19, 2016

Is America Ready To Elect A Third-Party President?

For all of the talk about Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders potentially running as third-party candidates in this year’s presidential election, most voters aren’t betting on a third-party candidate taking the White House anytime soon.

April 18, 2016

24% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-four percent (24%) 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 April 14.

April 18, 2016

Few Say They Will Miss Today’s Income Tax Deadline

Pushing today’s Tax Day deadline back three days compared to the April 15 of years past hasn’t made a difference as far as taxpayers are concerned.

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April 18, 2016

Hillary Meter: Primary Losses Don’t Break Clinton’s Momentum

Despite losing seven straight state primaries to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the past month, Hillary Clinton is seen by more voters than ever as the eventual Democratic nominee.

April 16, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 16, 2016

The race for the Republican presidential nomination appears headed toward another roller coaster bump.

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April 15, 2016

Inside the Media Bubble, No One Can Hear Us Scream By Ted Rall

 "New York Times" headline, April 12: "Donald Trump, Losing Ground, Tries to Blame the System."

April 15, 2016

Most Still Say Middle Class Hit Hardest At Tax Time

With this year's Tax Day coming on Monday, Americans remain more convinced than ever that the middle class is shouldering more of the tax burden than the wealthy.

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April 15, 2016

America's Imperial Overstretch By Patrick J. Buchanan

This week, SU-24 fighter-bombers buzzed a U.S. destroyer in the Baltic Sea. The Russian planes carried no missiles or bombs.

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April 15, 2016

Donald Trump's Insincere Process Arguments By Michael Barone

"Gestapo tactics." That's how Donald Trump's recently installed campaign manager, Paul Manafort, characterized the Ted Cruz campaign's successful effort to win all 34 of Colorado's pledged national convention delegates at the long-scheduled Republican congressional district and state conventions.