Trump Change: ‘The Donald’ Takes A Fall
Donald Trump insists his second-place showing in Monday’s Iowa caucus isn’t bad, but perception among his fellow Republicans that he will be the party’s presidential nominee has fallen sharply this week.
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February 5, 2016
February 4, 2016
Smaller Government Wins Out With Voters
Voters remain pessimistic about America's future and continue to believe cutting the size of the federal government may help.
February 4, 2016
Voters Say No to Obama on Supreme Court
Hillary Clinton seemed receptive the other day to naming President Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court if she is elected to succeed him this fall. Most voters, however, don’t approve of putting Obama on the high court and still aren’t interested in him running for a third term as president either.
February 4, 2016
Sanders, Trump Still Favored in New Hampshire By Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik
New Hampshire, as usual, will not be inclined to ratify the result of its early-state rival, Iowa. In open seat races, it’s natural for New Hampshire to zag after Iowa zigs: In the modern era of presidential nominations starting in 1972, there have been 16 contested presidential primaries (seven for the Republicans, nine for the Democrats). In only four of those races did the same candidate win both Iowa and New Hampshire: Presidents Gerald Ford (R) and Jimmy Carter (D) won the first two contests against, respectively, Ronald Reagan in 1976 and Ted Kennedy in 1980, and Al Gore and John Kerry won both while cruising to the Democratic nomination in 2000 and 2004.*
February 4, 2016
Is Life in America's Prisons Too Hard?
President Obama's recent executive actions on solitary confinement and the treatment of mentally ill prisoners are the latest efforts in a bipartisan push to reform the country’s prison system. While most Americans agree that too many people are incarcerated, many also feel conditions in America's prisons today aren't tough enough.
February 3, 2016
Voters Show Less Faith in American Society
Voters remain less confident in society here at home.
February 3, 2016
Political Arrogance by John Stossel
After the Iowa caucus results, it looks like Hillary Clinton vs. Marco Rubio in November!
February 3, 2016
81% Think Federal Government is Corrupt
Voters strongly believe the federal government is crooked.
February 3, 2016
Chicken Little Chuckie Schumer: America's Disease-Fighting Phony By Michelle Malkin
Latin America's Zika virus is the latest undocumented immigrant to hit our shores, but have no fear. Self-appointed Zika Warrior Prince Charles Schumer has declared that he is here to stop it.
February 3, 2016
Americans Aren’t Overly Worried About Zika Virus
The World Health Organization this week officially declared a public health emergency in response to the rapidly spreading Zika virus in Latin America. While a majority of Americans show some concern about the virus, they also think the media overhypes such outbreaks.
February 2, 2016
Ted Cruz Wins Iowa, But He Won’t Be the GOP Nominee for President By Charles Hurt
DES MOINES — Well, that’s settled. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will not be the 2016 Republican nominee for president.
At least not if recent history is any guide. It has been 16 years since Republican caucus-goers here have accurately picked the eventual GOP nominee for president. In other words, not once in this entire century has Iowa picked the winner for Republicans.
February 2, 2016
Is a New Era Upon Us? by Pat Buchanan
Whoever wins the nominations, the most successful campaigns of 2016 provide us with a clear picture of where the center of gravity is today in both parties and, hence, where America is going.
February 2, 2016
Voters Predict Next President Likely A Republican
With just the first round of the presidential contest over, most voters still think the next occupant of the White House is likely to be a Republican.
February 2, 2016
Republican Debate Shows Where Comprehensive Immigration Is Headed: Nowhere By Michael Barone
Donald Trump was absent from Fox News' Republican debate Thursday night, presiding at his own event seven minutes' drive away featuring cameo appearances by the two previous Iowa Republican caucus winners exiled now to the undercard debate, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum. But the issue Trump raised to high-decibel level at his announcement last June was front and center at the main event: immigration.
February 2, 2016
Random Thoughts By Thomas Sowell
Random thoughts on the passing scene:
Will this November's presidential election come down to a choice between a felon and a pied piper?
February 2, 2016
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Improves In January
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
February 1, 2016
31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) 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 January 28.
February 1, 2016
Are U.S. Elections Fair?
Even as the 2016 election season officially begins in Iowa today, voters still express skepticism about the fairness of elections in this country.
February 1, 2016
Grow Up! By Thomas Sowell
Of all the many things said about Donald Trump, what was said by Roger Ailes, head of the Fox News Channel, said it all in just two words: "Grow up!"
It is amazing how many people have been oblivious to this middle-aged man's spoiled brat behavior, his childish boastfulness about things he says he is going to do, and his petulant response to every criticism with ad hominem replies.
February 1, 2016
Iowa Votes: The Race Is Officially On
Democrats and Republicans in Iowa gather this evening to vote, and so begins the formal process for choosing the next president of the United States.
