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February 24, 2020The Democratic Nomination: It’s Getting Late Early By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
Last April, we noted that despite the ever-growing Democratic presidential field and delegate allocation rules that can string out a nomination fight, there was the possibility of a single candidate getting an early grip on the nomination because of the frontloaded calendar. By the end of St. Patrick’s Day, states awarding more than three-fifths of all the pledged delegates will have voted. We here at the Crystal Ball are big fans of the wisdom of the late Yogi Berra, and we used one of his gems at the time to sum it all up: “It gets late early out there.”
February 22, 2020Bernie Should Own the Socialism Label By Ted Rall
Bernie Sanders is currently the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. He and everyone else knows exactly how the Republicans will attack him if and when he becomes the nominee: old-fashioned redbaiting.
February 21, 2020Democrats' DNA Makes Them Feel the Bern By Michael Barone
The 2020 presidential race has got the Democratic Party, the oldest political party in the world, twisted in knots. Its basic character and enduring values -- its political DNA -- which have enabled it to rebound from multiple political disasters, may be producing another disaster this year.
February 21, 2020Was the Debate Beat Down Fatal for Mayor Mike? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Wednesday night in Las Vegas, Mayor Mike Bloomberg learned what it is like to be thrown up against a wall and frisked.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                
                
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                            February 20, 2020Walk On The Wild Side – Attending A Bernie Sanders Rally By Brian C. Joondeph
Bernie Sanders came to Denver last weekend, and my family, Republicans all, decided to attend his Sunday night rally. It was a true walk on the wild side in the form of opposition research.
February 20, 2020Sanders and the Senate By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
Why his potential nomination makes some Democrats worry; the low-hanging fruit for both parties.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Bernie Sanders may be a poorer fit for the Democrats’ Senate targets than some other Democratic contenders if he wins the nomination.
— There are two Senate rating changes this week: Colorado moves from Toss-up to Leans Democratic, while Alabama moves from Leans Republican to Likely Republican.
— Republicans remain favored to hold the majority.
February 19, 2020Parents' Anti-Drag Queen Hour Resistance Rises By Michelle Malkin
The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy this week amid a deluge of sex-abuse lawsuits. The Catholic clergy's pedophilia conspiracies have cost the church more than $3 billion and countless followers. Scandal after scandal shows how cunning child predators have exploited trusted civic institutions under cover of "diversity," "inclusion" and "progressivism."
February 19, 2020Revolutionary Bernie Sanders By John Stossel
Bernie Sanders leads the race for the Democratic nomination.
February 18, 2020Trump's Critics on the Economy: So Wrong, So Often By Stephen Moore
There's an old saying about baseball and life that no one ever had a 1.000 batting average. It turns out that's not exactly true. At least when it comes to the Trump economy, anti-Trumpers defied the near-impossible statistical odds and somehow have batted 1.000 on their predictions. They managed to get it wrong every time.
February 18, 2020If Duterte Wants Us Out, Let's Go By Patrick J. Buchanan
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has just given us notice he will be terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement that governs U.S. military personnel in the islands.
February 14, 2020Another Year of the Interloper? By Michael Barone
It's a familiar plotline. An interloper runs for a party's presidential nomination and, with an anti-insider pitch, scores wins and near-wins in the first contests with vote pluralities.
February 14, 2020An Establishment in Panic By Patrick J. Buchanan
From the day he entered the race, Joe Biden was the great hope of the Democratic establishment to spare them from the horrifying prospect of a 2020 race between The Donald and Bernie Sanders.
February 13, 2020For Sanders, New Hampshire was a Glass Both Half-Full and Half-Empty By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
The battle is breaking in his favor, even as his own performance has not been that strong.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— There are mixed signals from Bernie Sanders’ narrow victory in New Hampshire, but for now he’s supplanted Joe Biden as a weak frontrunner for the nomination.
— Overall, though, the race remains very uncertain as the scene shifts to the more diverse states of Nevada and South Carolina.
— Center-left candidates got substantially more support than progressive ones in New Hampshire, but the center-left vote split in such a way that Sanders was able to win. Pete Buttigieg has slightly more delegates so far, though.
February 12, 2020Tyranny of the Tamiflunatics By Michelle Malkin
Beware of clickbait character assassins masquerading as "journalists."
February 12, 2020Trump: Good, Bad, Ugly By John Stossel
President Donald Trump "saved the United States," says former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
February 11, 2020Defusing the Debt Bomb By Stephen Moore
President Donald Trump's new budget confirms that without corrective action, trillion-dollar deficits will be with us for years and perhaps decades to come. Trump's budget plan has many smart and urgent spending reforms. But will Congress ignore them once again?
February 11, 2020Long Before Trump, We Were a Divided People By Patrick J. Buchanan
In a way, Donald Trump might be called The Great Uniter.
February 8, 2020Democrats' Wimpy Impeachment Has Made Trump Stronger Than Ever By Ted Rall
"Many Democrats fear that Trump may be laying an impeachment trap," Stephen Collins wrote for CNN last May. "It's possible that the wider political divides get, the more Trump benefits. The spectacle would help him charge up the political base he needs to turn out in droves in 2020 with claims their 2016 votes were being stolen by political elites."
February 7, 2020Democrats' Blunders Help Create Favorable Winds for Trump By Michael Barone
Are we watching a great political party commit suicide?
February 7, 2020Are the Bells Tolling for Amy, Liz & Joe? By Patrick J. Buchanan
By the end of February, the race for the Democratic nomination may have come down to a choice of one of three white men.

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Political Commentary

Most Recent Releases

The Democratic Nomination: It’s Getting Late Early By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman

Bernie Should Own the Socialism Label By Ted Rall

Democrats' DNA Makes Them Feel the Bern By Michael Barone

Was the Debate Beat Down Fatal for Mayor Mike? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Walk On The Wild Side – Attending A Bernie Sanders Rally By Brian C. Joondeph

Sanders and the Senate By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

Parents' Anti-Drag Queen Hour Resistance Rises By Michelle Malkin

Revolutionary Bernie Sanders By John Stossel

Trump's Critics on the Economy: So Wrong, So Often By Stephen Moore

If Duterte Wants Us Out, Let's Go By Patrick J. Buchanan

Another Year of the Interloper? By Michael Barone

An Establishment in Panic By Patrick J. Buchanan

For Sanders, New Hampshire was a Glass Both Half-Full and Half-Empty By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

Tyranny of the Tamiflunatics By Michelle Malkin

Trump: Good, Bad, Ugly By John Stossel

Defusing the Debt Bomb By Stephen Moore

Long Before Trump, We Were a Divided People By Patrick J. Buchanan

Democrats' Wimpy Impeachment Has Made Trump Stronger Than Ever By Ted Rall

Democrats' Blunders Help Create Favorable Winds for Trump By Michael Barone

Are the Bells Tolling for Amy, Liz & Joe? By Patrick J. Buchanan

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