How Republics Perish by Pat Buchanan
If you believed America's longest war, in Afghanistan, was coming to an end, be advised: It is not.
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February 12, 2016
February 11, 2016
The Democrats: Bernie’s Blowout By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
That Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire was not a surprise. That he won by so much is. It’s a tremendous shot in the arm for his campaign and a jarring setback for Hillary Clinton.
February 10, 2016
TSA: Total Security Abyss By Michelle Malkin
While a TSA agent pawed my hair bun this weekend, presumably on high alert for improvised explosive bobby pins, I pondered the latest news on the Somalia airplane terror attack.
February 10, 2016
High-Tech Ted by John Stossel
Politicians tailor their messages to different audiences. Facing New Hampshire's primary, Ted Cruz talked more about "free-market principles" and a "commitment to the Constitution" and said "no one personality can right the wrongs done by Washington." Politico ran the headline "Ted Cruz, born-again libertarian."
February 10, 2016
Donald Trump Built a Juggernaut and Had the Media Pay for It By Charles Hurt
Why does the mainstream media heap such scorn and disbelief on Donald Trump over his promise to build a great wall along the border with Mexico — and make Mexico pay for it? After all, Donald Trump has built a winning presidential campaign — and made the media pay for it.
February 10, 2016
Bloomberg vs. Trump? By Patrick J. Buchanan
The morning of the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump, being interviewed on "Morning Joe," said that he would welcome his "friend" Michael Bloomberg into the presidential race.
Which is probably the understatement of 2016.
February 9, 2016
How History Shapes the New Hampshire Primary By Michael Barone
Benning Wentworth is not a name you'll run across in New Hampshire primary coverage. But he arguably did as much as anyone else to establish the political culture -- or cultures -- of America's first-in-the-nation primary state.
February 8, 2016
What Would – and Would Not – Be Surprising in New Hampshire By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
Last week, we wrote that Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are the favorites to win New Hampshire, and while there have been plenty of fireworks between then and now (Monday afternoon), our overall assessment hasn’t changed. Polling in the New Hampshire primary is often far off the mark — the electorate has a remarkably high number of late-deciders and switchers — but keep this in mind: Trump has appeared strong in New Hampshire for more than half a year. Since mid-July, he has led 72 straight polls, almost all of them showing a double-digit lead. And since early January, Sanders has led 38 straight polls, with most also showing a double-digit lead.
February 8, 2016
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.
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
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 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 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
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 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
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 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.
