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February 15, 2017

Bumps in the Road: Trump vs. Obama By Michelle Malkin

The resignation of national security advisor Michael Flynn has the anti-Trump media declaring the new administration a "mess," in "turmoil" and thrown into "chaos."

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February 15, 2017

Repeal! No, Wait! By John Stossel

Republicans promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But now they are hesitating.    

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February 15, 2017

Media and Liberals Think They've Finally Caught Their Prey By Charles Hurt

Mike Flynn was right to quit. You don’t lie to the vice president of the United States and let him go out on national television and lie to the American people.

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February 15, 2017

Tax and Regulatory Reform Will Mark the End of Obama's War on Business by Lawrence Kudlow

On the very day President Donald Trump's incentive-based tax and regulatory policies are put in place, former President Barack Obama's war on business will have officially come to an end. No longer will American companies be punished by uncompetitive rates of taxation and unnecessary rules and regulations.

February 15, 2017

Is The Future Female?

Hillary Clinton recently declared that "the future is female," and nearly half of voters - regardless of gender - agree there will be more women leaders in the near future. But younger voters are more convinced of this than their elders.

February 14, 2017

Voters Agree Judges Play Politics But Frown on Criticizing Them

President Trump has been highly critical of the judges who stopped his temporary refugee and visa ban. While just over half of voters agree with the president that most judges play politics, they still don’t think public criticism of judges by name is a good thing.

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February 14, 2017

Is the Left Playing with Fire Again? By Patrick J. Buchanan

To those who lived through that era that tore us apart in the '60s and '70s, it is starting to look like "deja vu all over again."

February 14, 2017

Americans Say No To Body Cameras For Teachers

Though Americans place a lack of discipline high on the list of problems in public schools today, most don’t think teachers in the United States should follow the lead of some in the United Kingdom who are wearing body cameras to record students’ behavior.

February 13, 2017

45% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-five percent (45%) 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 February 9.  

February 13, 2017

Many Voters Are Unsure Who Soros, Koch Brothers Are

Money talks big time in U.S. politics, but three of the most influential behind-the-scene “talkers” - billionaires George Soros and brothers Charles and David Koch - are unknowns to a sizable number of voters.

February 13, 2017

Americans View Teaching As Important But Not Desirable Profession

Americans continue to place high importance on teaching as a profession but don’t think many are clamoring to become teachers.

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February 11, 2017

Should I Stay or Should I Go? By Ted Rall

The Clash asked once, and now I am too: Should I stay or should I go?   

February 11, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 11, 2017

The slugfest continues as Democrats battle President Trump for every inch of ground.

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February 10, 2017

Sanders Still Democrats’ Choice for 2020, But It’s Close

Bernie Sanders has the edge, but it’s a close contest when Democrats are asked who should be the party’s nominee against President Trump if he seeks reelection in 2020. One-quarter of all voters, however, say the party should look for a new face.

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February 10, 2017

Free Trade's Effect on 'Earned Success' By Michael Barone

Amid all the hurly-burly of President Donald Trump's first weeks in office, let's try to put the changes he's making and the feathers he's ruffling in a longer, 20-year perspective. Start off with his trademark issue -- one that clearly helped him win the 64 crucial electoral votes of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin: trade.   

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February 10, 2017

Make SCOTUS Great Again: Liberal Judges Push Their Own End By Charles Hurt

Democrats should be very, very careful what they wish for.

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February 10, 2017

Trump Must Break Judicial Power By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Disheartening and demoralizing," wailed Judge Neil Gorsuch of President Trump's comments about the judges seeking to overturn his 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. from the Greater Middle East war zones.

February 10, 2017

Consumer Spending Update: More Confidence, More Spending?

For the fourth straight month, the Rasmussen Reports Consumer Spending Update shows confidence in the economy trending upward - with an amazing 25-point overall increase in economic confidence and a 26-point increase in confidence in the direction of the economy since the 2016 presidential elections.

February 9, 2017

Does It Hurt U.S. to Criticize President’s Foreign Policy?

President Trump is receiving lots of pushback from Democrats and many in the media over his foreign policy direction. Like most major issues, voters' partisan identification colors how they view this criticism.

February 9, 2017

Most Oppose Trump Going It Alone Without Congress

Most voters still agree the federal government should only do the things Congress and the president agree on. But Democrats and Republicans have reversed their positions on executive actions by the president now that a Republican sits in the White House.