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March 18, 2016

Trump Still Holds 15-Point Lead Over Cruz

Support for all three of the remaining Republican candidates has grown with the narrowing of the field, but Donald Trump still holds a double-digit lead over both his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination.

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March 18, 2016

Suicide of the GOP -- or Rebirth? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"If his poll numbers hold, Trump will be there six months from now when the Sweet 16 is cut to the Final Four, and he will likely be in the finals."

My prediction, in July of 2015, looks pretty good right now.

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March 18, 2016

Trump Change: 87% of GOP Voters See Trump As Likely Nominee

Following Donald Trump’s latest round of primary wins on Tuesday, more Republicans than ever believe he will be their party’s presidential nominee this fall.

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March 18, 2016

Only Ted Cruz Can Stop Donald Trump By Michael Barone

Can Donald Trump be stopped from winning the Republican nomination? The answer is yes. Despite his big win over Marco Rubio in Florida and his narrow wins over Ted Cruz in Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, he has not won a majority of delegates yet awarded -- 661 at this writing, with several more to be added when Missouri and Illinois congressional district totals are tabulated.

March 17, 2016

Voters Say the Bigger the Government, the More Corrupt

Voters see government corruption as a big problem, getting bigger the higher up in government it gets.

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March 17, 2016

Hillary Meter: It’s Clinton’s Race Now

Following big primary wins on Tuesday, Democrats are more certain than ever that Hillary Clinton will be their party’s presidential nominee this November.

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March 17, 2016

Voters Fear More Political Violence, Blame Trump

Voters strongly believe candidates should tell it like it is, but most expect an increase in political violence this year, thanks in large part to Donald Trump’s unvarnished populist message.

March 16, 2016

Most Say We Have Less Freedom of Speech

Freedom of speech. It’s the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for many the most important. But most Americans still feel it’s in danger.

March 16, 2016

Voters Less Pessimistic About War On Terror

Voters aren’t quite as negative about U.S. efforts in the fight against terrorism, but they are more divided than ever when it comes to U.S. involvement in the Middle East. 

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March 16, 2016

Obamacare's Tax-Time Torment by Michelle Malkin

"Where is my 1095-A? This is what it must be like dealing with a government agency in a third world country."

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March 16, 2016

Marco Rubio Is the Tea Party Heartthrob Who Turned Establishment Shill By Charles Hurt

Like the Titanic before it, the U.S.S. Jeb! set sail with such great puffery and fanfare that the passengers on board the gilded ship sipping from champagne flutes were filled with confidence and optimism about the wondrous journey to follow. Quite bullish they were!

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March 16, 2016

Political Promises By John Stossel

Democrats trash businesses. But if businesses promised things the way politicians do, the owners would be jailed for fraud. It's not legal to promise more than you can deliver.   

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March 16, 2016

Titanic Tuesday: Trump Leads but Doesn’t Finish the Job By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

Donald Trump could have generated unstoppable momentum had he won both Ohio and Florida. But now it’s clear to everyone that this will go right through June 7, the end of the Republican primary season.

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March 16, 2016

Now What Do the GOP Elites Do?

The problem all along for the Republican elites opposed to Donald Trump is that they have no second act planned, and things just got worse for them after his latest collection of primary wins yesterday.

With Trump now over halfway to the delegate total needed to claim the GOP nomination and roughly 80% of Republican voters expecting him to be their nominee, are the elites going to continue their vicious advertising campaign against the billionaire businessman? Will Mitt Romney be joined by other prominent Republicans on the campaign trail to denounce Trump? At what point will GOP voters begin to wonder whether they – and not Trump – are the ones being opposed by the ostensible leaders of their own party?

March 15, 2016

Is the U.S. President the Most Powerful Man on Earth?

Voters believe more strongly these days that the president of the United States is the leader of the world community and that the level of power he has is appropriate.

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March 15, 2016

Brownshirts & Republican Wimps By Patrick J. Buchanan

Friday evening's Donald Trump rally in Chicago was broken up by a foul-mouthed mob that infiltrated the hall and forced the cancelation of the event to prevent violence and bloodshed.

Brownshirt tactics worked. The mob, triumphant, rejoiced.

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March 15, 2016

Will the Politics of Nostalgia Trump the Politics of the Future? by Michael Barone

The likely presidential nominee of the Republican Party and the certain (barring indictments) nominee of the Democratic Party have something in common, something more than residences in New York: campaign appeals based on nostalgia.

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March 15, 2016

Voting at a Crossroads By Thomas Sowell

It is seldom that the fate of a nation can be traced to what happened on one particular day. But that may be what happens in the United States of America on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.   

March 15, 2016

Voters Say Presidential Candidates Follow The Money, Not the Voters

It's no surprise the populist campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have made waves this election season, considering the majority of voters think presidential candidates are more concerned with what their big donors think than with the concerns of the voters.

March 14, 2016

27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-seven percent (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 March 10.