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March 15, 2016
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.
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.
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.
March 14, 2016
For the Anti-Trump Forces, It May Be Now or Never By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
As we’ve suggested, the past few weeks have been defined by increasingly-loud talk of a contested convention and the possibility that the presidential contest will go beyond the first ballot, something that has not happened in either party since 1952. The highly unusual circumstances on the Republican side, where the polarizing Donald Trump has finished first in the majority of contests so far and has won more than a third of the delegates he needs for a first ballot nomination, make the outcome impossible to predict with precision at this point.
March 14, 2016
Storm Clouds Darken Over 2016 By Larry J. Sabato
So now it has come to this. A near riot at Donald Trump’s Chicago rally on Friday evening may be a harbinger of things to come, not just at campaign events but in Cleveland for the Republican convention. The city’s leaders were wise to order extra riot gear recently. Whether Trump wins or loses the nomination, we suspect that tens of thousands of unhappy people will show up in the city’s streets.
March 14, 2016
Only 14% Think Americans Are Informed Voters
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz are the latest public officials to question whether U.S. voters are really paying attention. Americans overwhelmingly believe they know the issues when they go to the polls but agree nearly as strongly that everybody else does not.
March 14, 2016
Voters More Unsure About America’s Future As A World Power
No wonder much of the campaign rhetoric this presidential election season has focused on America’s sinking prestige in the world: Voters are now much more uncertain what the future holds for U.S. power, even as they feel more strongly than ever that America is a special place.
March 12, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 12, 2016
Despite secret plotting by some Republican leaders with the publisher of the pro-Hillary Clinton New York Times and others to stop Donald Trump, the Trump phenomenon rolls on.
March 11, 2016
Most Americans Support Same-Sex Adoptions
Following a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision this week to uphold an adoption by a lesbian couple in Georgia, just over half of Americans say they support same-sex couples adopting children.
March 11, 2016
The Sea Island Conspiracy By Pat Buchanan
Over the long weekend before the Mississippi and Michigan primaries, the sky above Sea Island was black with corporate jets.
March 11, 2016
Trump Change: ‘The Donald’ Is Still Riding High
Belief that Donald Trump will be the Republican presidential nominee remains near record highs.
March 11, 2016
Democrats Dispirited, Republicans Hobbled by Excess of Spirit by Michael Barone
Bad news for both parties in the primaries and caucuses in the seven days in March following Super Tuesday.
March 10, 2016
Most Still Think Candidates Play Politics with Race Issues
Issues of race are a more serious concern now for voters, but most think politicians just use them to get ahead.
March 10, 2016
Voters Say No to Romney
Mitt Romney, the unsuccessful Republican presidential nominee in 2012, has come out swinging against Donald Trump and has even indicated he might accept the GOP nomination this year at a brokered national convention. But Romney’s endorsement doesn’t mean much to voters nor are they likely to vote for him in the fall.
March 10, 2016
Must Failed Wannabes Support Their Party’s Nominee?
All the major presidential candidates have pledged to support the eventual nominee of their respective political parties, but voters say that’s not a must.
March 9, 2016
Americans Are Angry About Politics But Not at Each Other
Americans are very angry politically as the surprising success of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders clearly indicates, but fortunately they're not taking that anger out on their family and friends.
March 9, 2016
Hillary's Federal Education Jackboot Squad by Michelle Malkin
Brace yourselves, parents: Hillary Clinton's Fed Ed jackboot squad is from the government and is here to "help."
