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July 15, 2016A Few Pence Richer? Trump Picks a Running Mate By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
Our own sources in and around Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana have told us what everyone else has been reporting: He appears to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick. Still, to the best of their knowledge, the official call from Trump has not yet been made. We all know Trump is full of surprises, so we add this note of caution just in case. We all remember erroneous reports that John Kerry had selected Dick Gephardt as his running mate in 2004, when Kerry actually chose John Edwards. For our purposes here, we’ll assume it is true, that the GOP nominee for vice president will be Pence.
July 15, 2016Who Gave Us Justice Ginsburg? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Her mind is shot."
That was the crisp diagnosis of Donald Trump on hearing the opinion of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the possibility he might become president.

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                            July 14, 2016Views on Police Discrimination Little Changed Since Ferguson
Despite escalating tensions over police shootings that led to widespread protests and the killing of five police officers in Dallas last week, most voters continue to view crime in inner cities as a bigger problem than police discrimination against minorities. But blacks are far more likely to say they are treated unfairly by the police.

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                            July 14, 2016White House Watch: Trump 44%, Clinton 37%
Just days before the Republican National Convention is expected to formally nominate him for president, Donald Trump has taken his largest lead yet over Hillary Clinton.

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                            July 13, 2016Americans Don’t Want Full Student Loan Forgiveness
While Americans are facing a record level of college-related debt, support remains low for forgiving student loans or taking the further step of having the government pay for students who can't afford to go to college.

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                            July 13, 2016Americans Agree Clinton’s Free College Plan Isn’t Free
Democrats are a lot more enthusiastic about Hillary Clinton’s plan for so-called “free” college than other Americans are, but all agree that taxpayers will be the ones who pick up the tab.
July 13, 2016Cops, Blacks and Crime by John Stossel
Claims about racist cops from groups like Black Lives Matter lead more people to fear and hate the police.
July 13, 2016Obama Tramples on High Ideals of America, Fuels Black Lives Matter Racism By Charles Hurt
There can be no dispute that Barack Obama was forced to wade through unprecedented bigotry in his speedy ascent to the most powerful perch in the world. His predecessor, George W. Bush, called it the “soft bigotry of low expectations.”
July 13, 2016Congressional Black Corruption By Michelle Malkin
If Black Lives Matter, then why have entrenched members of the Congressional Black Caucus spent more time enriching themselves than taking care of their neglected constituents?   

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                            July 13, 2016Most Say Media Inspires Attacks on Police
Americans strongly believe the media is emphasizing shootings by police officers involving black suspects over ones in which whites are shot and that that media coverage is prompting attacks on police.
July 13, 2016Why Ohio Picks the President By Kyle Kondik
In their influential 1970 book The Real Majority, political demographers Richard Scammon and Ben Wattenberg identified the individual they saw as the American “Middle Voter.” This person was a metropolitan “middle-aged, middle-income, middle-educated, Protestant, in a family whose working members work more likely with hands than abstractly with head.” They then drilled down a little deeper: “Middle Voter is a forty-seven-year-old housewife from the outskirts of Dayton, Ohio, whose husband is a ma­chinist.” Scammon and Wattenberg did not actually have a specific person in mind. Their description of Middle Voter was an archetype, but after the book was published, Wattenberg said, “I do not know for sure if the lady exists. But I suspect that if you looked hard enough, you’d find her.”

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                            July 12, 2016Will Congress Matter In The Presidential Election?
Democratic voters are far more confident than Republicans that their representatives in Congress will be an asset to their presidential nominee this November.
July 12, 2016Will Hillary Ditch Black Lives Matter? By Patrick J. Buchanan
After the massacre of five Dallas cops, during a protest of police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota, President Obama said, "America is not as divided as some have suggested."   
July 12, 2016Will the National Conventions Change the Delegate Selection Rules -- Again? By Michael Barone
When the Republican and Democratic national conventions gather in successive weeks in Cleveland and Philadelphia, respectively, one item on their plates will be reconsideration of their parties' nominating rules. Just about everyone agrees that they are unsatisfactory in some way or another, and many itch to do something about it.
July 12, 2016The War on Cops by Thomas Sowell
There was never a more appropriately named book than "The War on Cops" by Heather Mac Donald, published a few weeks ago, on the eve of the greatest escalation of that war by the ambush murders of five policemen in Dallas.
July 12, 2016Blacks, Whites Disagree Over Whether There’s A War on Police
While police killings are escalating in America, voters are less convinced that there is an actual war on those in blue, although most still blame politicians who are critical of the police for making their jobs more dangerous. But blacks and whites sharply disagree on both questions.

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                            July 11, 201626% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-six percent (26%) 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 July 7.

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                            July 11, 2016Clinton Seen As Bigger Boost Than Trump for Other Candidates
Democrats are much more confident than Republicans are that their presidential nominee will help their congressional candidates win in November.

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                            July 11, 2016Voters Question Clinton's Qualifications, Now Rate Trump Equal
Most voters have difficulty swallowing President Obama's superlatives for Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail last week and now rate her and Donald Trump equally when it comes to their preparedness for the White House.

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                            July 9, 2016What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending  July 9, 2016
The presidential race remains too close to call, even with a third-party candidate in the mix, and now we can add the murder of five Dallas police officers to the issues weighing on voters’ minds.