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September 27, 2019

Democrats' Risky Bet on Impeachment By Michael Barone

Precedents abound in a country whose first presidential election took place 230 years ago, that has seen 41 presidential contests between two political parties founded 187 and 165 years ago. Three of our 44 presidents have faced impeachment proceedings -- Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton -- and now it seems Donald Trump will be the fourth.

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September 26, 2019

33% Say New York Times Is Usually Accurate

Fake news or the real thing? Only one-in-three voters think the New York Times gets it completely right most of the time.

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September 26, 2019

2020 Primary and Caucus Cancellations Through the Lens of Recent History By Josh Putnam

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Republicans in several states have canceled primaries and caucuses in 2020 as President Trump seeks renomination.

— To be sure, the Trump campaign and various state GOP organizations are working to smooth the president’s path to renomination and attempting to reduce any divisiveness within the Republican primary electorate and ultimately the Republican general election coalition.

— However, the cancellation of primaries and caucuses is not unprecedented, as a review of the two most recent nomination cycles involving incumbent presidents (George W. Bush in 2004 and Barack Obama in 2012) reveals.

September 25, 2019

Voters Are More Likely Now To Put Environment Ahead of the Economy

With a robust economy and a booming jobs market, voters are feeling more protective of the environment than they have in the past.

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September 25, 2019

Trump 47%, Biden 43%

Most voters expect Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee, but President Trump has the edge for now in next year’s presidential race.

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September 25, 2019

Impeach Amnesty Ana: TV's Foulest Open Borders Windbag By Michelle Malkin

Nope, it's not obstreperously obnoxious Jim Acosta of CNN, who embodies the disingenuous sanctimony of Emma Lazarus utopianists.

It's not former Washington Post reporter and illegal immigrant fraudster Jose Antonio Vargas, who represents the insatiable entitlement of amnesty mongers.

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September 25, 2019

New Countries at Sea By John Stossel

When political arguments aren't getting you anywhere, what can you do?

Start your own country!

September 24, 2019

Most in America Like Its Diversity and Live It

Just over half of Americans think diversity is a good thing and say they live in neighborhoods that reflect that.

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September 24, 2019

Presidential Polling Propaganda By Brian C. Joondeph

According to the latest presidential opinion polls, the 2020 presidential election is over. Newsweek is giddy, reporting several days ago, “The latest Fox News poll about the 2020 election shows President Donald Trump losing to every Democratic frontrunner including Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.”

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September 24, 2019

Rebuilding America's Domestic Uranium Industry By Stephen Moore

The decline of American mining and production of critical minerals in recent decades is a self-inflicted wound that could imperil our economy and national security.

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September 24, 2019

Will 'Ukraine-Gate' Imperil Biden's Bid? By Patrick J. Buchanan

With the revelation by an intel community "whistleblower" that President Donald Trump, in a congratulatory call to the new president of Ukraine, pushed him repeatedly to investigate the Joe Biden family connection to Ukrainian corruption, the cry "Impeach!" is being heard anew in the land.

September 23, 2019

43% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-three percent (43%) 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 September 19.

September 23, 2019

Voters Balk At $2.5 Trillion ‘Housing for All’ Plan

Most voters agree there’s a housing shortage in America but stop short of embracing Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders’ $2.5 trillion plan to guarantee housing for all.

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September 21, 2019

Will Clinton Democrats Vote for a Progressive Against Trump? By Ted Rall

History, they say, doesn't so much repeat. It rhymes.

September 21, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 21, 2019

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

September 20, 2019

Most Don’t See More Women Leaders As Better for Society

Voters aren’t convinced that more women political leaders are the way to go, perhaps in part because most think men and women have more common interests than not.

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September 20, 2019

Can Trump Still Avoid War with Iran? By Patrick J. Buchanan

President Donald Trump does not want war with Iran. America does not want war with Iran. Even the Senate Republicans are advising against military action in response to that attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities.

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September 20, 2019

Will Congress Have to Learn to Write Laws Again? By Michael Barone

Congress needs to learn to do a better job of writing laws. That's my conclusion after reviewing the legal debate over whether the Supreme Court should renounce the Chevron doctrine it unanimously promulgated (with three justices not participating) back in 1984.

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September 19, 2019

14% Favor Ban on Red Hats

Because pro-Trump Make America Great hats are red, a liberal writer suggested recently that Americans should stop wearing red hats in general because they cause anxiety among anti-Trump Americans. A chunk of Americans like the idea of taking red hats off the market for that reason.

September 19, 2019

Voters See Kavanaugh Impeachment As Long Shot At Best

While the multiple allegations against Brett Kavanaugh remain unproven, women are more suspicious of the Supreme Court justice than men, but even Democrats don’t expect him to be impeached by Congress.