Toxic Words By Thomas Sowell
During this election year, we are destined to hear many words that are toxic in the way they misrepresent reality and substitute fantasies that can win votes.
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February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016
28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-eight percent (28%) 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 4.
February 8, 2016
Obama, GOP Congress Aren't Much Help for Nominees
Voters still don’t see President Obama or the Republican-controlled Congress as an asset to their respective party’s presidential candidate, but GOP voters are far more likely to see their party’s legislators as a burden on the party’s nominee.
February 8, 2016
Trump Still Well Ahead Among GOP Voters Nationally
With tomorrow’s New Hampshire primary a make-or-break event for several of the candidates, Donald Trump still holds a double-digit lead nationally over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are in a virtual tie for second place.
February 6, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 6, 2016
Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary could sharply redefine the Republican race, but our polling suggests a Bernie Sanders win in the Granite State won’t remake the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination.
February 5, 2016
My Critique of Hillary Clinton's Campaign By Ted Rall
Last week, I handicapped the Bernie Sanders campaign. He since pulled off an upset in the Iowa Caucus, where he overcame a 40-point lead by Hillary Clinton to a virtual tie so even that coin tosses and bureaucratic incompetence may have made a difference.
February 5, 2016
Clinton's Support Holds Steady Nationally
And then there were two. Following a near-tie in the Iowa caucus Monday, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went toe-to-toe last night in a debate in New Hampshire, the setting of next week’s primary. Have the dynamics of the race changed?
February 5, 2016
Probing for Clues in the Iowa Caucus Numbers By Michael Barone
Now that the results of last Monday's Iowa caucuses are in, speculation naturally turns to next Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.
Will Donald Trump fail once again to receive the percentage he's getting in polls? Will Marco Rubio build on his close third-place Iowa finish to overshadow rivals Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Chris Christie, who have been rivaling him in New Hampshire polls?
February 5, 2016
The Remainderman by Pat Buchanan
Donald Trump won more votes in the Iowa caucuses than any Republican candidate in history.
February 5, 2016
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.
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.
