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May 18, 2016

TSA's Union Power Grab: Thousands Slowing Down Airports By Michelle Malkin

When it comes to public employee unions, there's no such thing as a coincidence.   

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May 18, 2016

Nasty Politics By John Stossel

This presidential election is like no other.

Most election years around this time, I do a TV show on nasty political commercials. Pundits explain which ads worked, which didn't, and who won because he raised more money and spent more on negative ads.

May 18, 2016

65% Favor Federal Regulation of E-Cigarettes

The federal Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it will place strict regulations on electronic cigarettes similar to those on traditional cigarettes.

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May 17, 2016

Is Mitt on a Suicide Mission? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"It's a suicide mission," said the Republican Party Chairman.    

May 17, 2016

Most School Parents Oppose Transgender Bathroom Policy

Americans appear more receptive to letting transgender people use the bathrooms they prefer, but most adults with school-age children still are opposed.

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May 17, 2016

High Primary Turnouts: Any Clues for the Fall? By Rhodes Cook

No matter what one thinks of this often surreal presidential primary campaign, it has been a hit at the ballot box.

Republicans have already smashed their record of 20.8 million ballots, set in 2008. Through the May 10 contests, the 2016 GOP primary turnout stands at 26.1 million and counting.

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May 17, 2016

Trump Is the Wind That Obama’s JV Presidency Hath Sown By Charles Hurt

A rare point of universal agreement in all this trenchant political acrimony: No matter what you think of Donald Trump, the political environment in which the flashy real estate mogul has so brilliantly thrived was created entirely by President Obama.

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May 17, 2016

Grim Choices By Thomas Sowell

We must frankly face the fact that the front runners in both political parties represent a new low, at a time of domestic polarization and unprecedented nuclear dangers internationally. This year's general election will offer a choice between a thoroughly corrupt liar and an utterly irresponsible egomaniac.

May 17, 2016

Bernie’s The Early Favorite For Clinton’s Running Mate

They may still be embroiled in a contentious primary race, but Democratic voters appear to want Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to run on the same presidential ticket later this year.

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May 17, 2016

America Today Resembles 1910 More Than Postwar Era By Michael Barone

What's your benchmark? What is the historical era with which you compare life in contemporary America?

May 16, 2016

27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

For the second week in a row, 27% of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending May 12.

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May 16, 2016

Donald Trump Can Easily Win in November By Ted Rall

After an election season in which nothing they predicted came true -- their confidence that Donald Trump would never be the Republican nominee comes to mind -- you'd think our losing-streak corporate pundits would be reluctant to underestimate Trump's chance of winning the presidency in November.   

May 16, 2016

Gingrich, Carson Are Early GOP Veep Favorites

Republicans feel even more strongly than other voters that their party’s vice presidential nominee is key to their vote this year, and Ben Carson and Newt Gingrich are early favorites for the job.

May 16, 2016

Should Women Candidates Be Treated Differently?

It's been said over the years that male political candidates need to be careful how they campaign against female opponents to avoid the appearance of bullying or sexism, but voters strongly disagree.

May 14, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 14, 2016

Republicans tried to make nice this week, while Bernie Sanders prolonged Hillary Clinton’s electoral agony with a win in West Virginia. But voters are already focused on November.

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May 13, 2016

Will the Trump Nomination Change Our Polarized Partisan Patterns? By Michael Barone

An irresistible force meets an immoveable object.

The irresistible force is the sense of discontent with how things have been going during this young century. Americans are displeased with a sluggish economy that fell into a deep recession and with foreign policies that seem to have produced disappointing results.

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May 13, 2016

Hillary Meter: Voters Say Clinton Still On Course for Nomination

The media may portray Bernie Sanders as a continuing political threat to Hillary Clinton, but voters aren’t buying:
They remain overwhelmingly convinced that Clinton is the likely Democratic presidential nominee for 2016.

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May 13, 2016

Trump or Ryan: Who Speaks for GOP? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"No modern precedent exists for the revival of a party so badly defeated, so intensely discredited, and so essentially split as the Republican Party is today."

May 12, 2016

Americans Are More Supportive of Home Pot Use

Despite increasing moves to legalize marijuana around the country, Americans remain closely divided on the issue but are in a less punishing mood about use of the drug.