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October 1, 2015Kentucky Governor: With a Month to Go, Bevin Has Squandered His Edge By Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik
For months we’ve argued that Kentucky’s increasing lean toward the Republican Party and the state’s antipathy toward President Barack Obama gave businessman Matt Bevin, the Republican nominee, a generic edge in the open Kentucky gubernatorial race. While Bevin is not a strong candidate, we thought that ultimately those inherent advantages — advantages that have nothing to do with Bevin’s campaign — nonetheless made him a small favorite over state Attorney General Jack Conway (D).

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                            September 30, 2015Is Russia A U.S. Ally In Fighting ISIS?
Russia is ramping up its military and political presence in Syria and has begun bombing there in an effort to aid its allies in the Syrian government and their fight against the radical Islamic State group (ISIS). 
September 30, 2015Good Riddance! By Thomas Sowell
The impending departure of Speaker of the House John Boehner gives the House Republicans a real opportunity to accomplish something. But an opportunity is not a guarantee. It is a little like a football team being first down and goal at the ten-yard line.

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                            September 30, 2015Most GOP Voters See Boehner’s Departure As Good or No Big Deal
Republicans feel pretty good about John Boehner’s decision to resign as speaker of the House of Representatives. Democrats are more likely to see Boehner’s resignation as bad both for the country and the GOP.
September 30, 2015Welcome to Wealthy Middle Eastern Thug Privilege By Michelle Malkin
You've heard endlessly about "white privilege" from the professional social justice warrior gripers. But rarely does that crusading crowd -- or their spiritual leaders in the White House -- acknowledge the brutal impact of wealthy Middle Eastern thug privilege in America.
September 30, 2015The Cult of Victims by John Stossel
The world has enough real problems without declaring everyone a "victim."
September 30, 2015‘Teflon Don’ Morphs into a Real Candidate By Charles Hurt
First they ignored him. Then they mocked him. Then they tried tearing him down.
With each failure to destroy Donald Trump, the political experts and establishment stooges only made him stronger. And now they don’t have a clue what to do.
September 29, 2015Is There Any Precedent in History for Donald Trump? By Michael Barone
In November 1964 a crowd of 5,000 attended the opening of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, then the longest suspension bridge in the world. Presiding were New York Mayor Robert Wagner, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and transportation and parks czar Robert Moses. Also in the crowd was a teenager named Donald Trump.   

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                            September 29, 2015Is Multiculturalism Bad for America?
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush last week said multiculturalism is bad for America because immigrants need to assimilate to benefit from all this country has to offer. Voters are a bit more sympathetic to multiculturalism but still strongly feel learning to speak English is a must.
September 29, 2015The 'Affordable Housing' Fraud By Thomas Sowell
Nowhere has there been so much hand-wringing over a lack of "affordable housing," as among politicians and others in coastal California. And nobody has done more to make housing unaffordable than those same politicians and their supporters.

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                            September 29, 2015Who Are Candidates Reaching On Late-Night TV?
Presidential hopefuls from both parties are making the rounds on the late-night talk show circuit in record numbers and appear to be having more success reaching younger voters through the increasingly popular medium.

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                            September 28, 201526% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-six percent (26%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending September 24.

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                            September 28, 2015How Big An Issue Is Obamacare in the Next Election?
President Obama’s health care law might have taken a back seat to other issues like immigration in the early stages of the presidential campaign season, but will it impact how voters choose their candidates next year?

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                            September 28, 2015Voters Remain Critical of Obamacare’s Lack of Choices
Obamacare still hasn’t won over most voters who continue to say the health care law doesn’t offer them enough choices when it comes to health insurance.

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                            September 26, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 26, 2015
Pope Francis’ visit this week to the United States is likely to have put religion on the minds of many more Americans.
September 25, 2015Let VW Face the Same Penalties as Us -- Or Let Us Go Unpunished, Too By Ted Rall
If you did it once, you'd be fired.
If you did it hundreds of times, you'd go to prison.
Why should a corporation worth billions of dollars be treated more leniently than we individuals?
September 25, 2015Trump Change: Is Trump Slip Slidin’ Away?
“The Donald” continues his downward slide, with this week’s Trump Change survey at its lowest level since we started the regular feature in mid-August.
September 25, 2015"Bacha Bazi": Obama's Silence on Afghan Military's Child Rape By Michelle Malkin
American soldiers are being punished for blowing the whistle on the systematic rape and enslavement of young boys at the hands of brutal Afghan Muslim military officials.
Honorable men in uniform risked their careers and lives to stop the abuse. Yet, the White House -- which was busy tweeting about its new feminism-pandering "It's On Us" campaign against an alleged college rape crisis based on debunked statistics -- is AWOL on the actual pedophilia epidemic known as "bacha bazi." On Thursday, Obama administration flacks went out of their way to downplay Afghan child rape as "abhorrent," but "fundamentally" a local "law enforcement matter."

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                            September 25, 2015Voters Reject Election Advice from the Pulpit
Pope Francis addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress yesterday emphasizing his views on immigration, climate change and political cooperation, among others. Voters have mixed feelings about the impact religious leaders have on government policy but are quite clear they don't want someone in the pulpit telling them how to vote.
September 25, 2015Walker Withdrawal Shows Changes in Republican Contest by Michael Barone
Scott Walker's abrupt withdrawal from the Republican presidential race Monday afternoon shows how different, in ways noticed and unnoticed, this campaign cycle is from those of recent years.