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February 29, 2016

Support for Clinton Up Among Democrats Nationally

More Democrats than ever now support Hillary Clinton’s bid for their party’s presidential nomination.

February 27, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 27, 2016

Here comes Super Tuesday, this year’s political Groundhog Day when we’ll find out whether the Republican presidential slugfest is over or bound to continue a while longer. Nearly 600 GOP delegates are at stake in primaries and caucuses throughout the country.

February 26, 2016

Oscars Controversy Has Little Impact on Viewing Audience

This Sunday’s 88th Academy Awards are marred by controversy over a lack of diversity among the nominees, but viewers don't seem to mind.

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February 26, 2016

Hillary vs. The Donald by Patrick J. Buchanan

In a Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump race -- which, the Beltway keening aside, seems the probable outcome of the primaries -- what are the odds the GOP can take the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court?

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February 26, 2016

Trump's Rivals Must Make the Case for Themselves By Michael Barone

Does Donald Trump's big win in the Nevada caucuses mean he's the inevitable Republican nominee? He has made himself the favorite and could sew up the nomination with the first winner-take-all primaries March 15. But it's not inevitable that he will become the nominee. The question is how others can prevent it.

Trump won 46 percent in Nevada; Marco Rubio won 24 percent, and Ted Cruz won 21 percent. That's in line with polling, which showed Nevada to be one of the best Trump states.

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February 26, 2016

Trump Change: All Signs Point To 'The Donald'

Decisive victories in South Carolina and Nevada have Republican voters more certain than ever that Donald Trump will be their party’s nominee heading into Super Tuesday.

February 25, 2016

Home Is Where the Harm Is

There’s a reason why they call it homeland security.

February 25, 2016

Most Voters Still Say No to Closing Guantanamo

President Obama this week renewed his effort to close the prison camp for suspected terrorists at the U.S. Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. Most voters still oppose that idea, don’t want the prisoners being jailed here and think the ones that have been released already are again a threat to the United States.

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February 25, 2016

Democrats 2016: From South Carolina to the Ides of March, Part Two By Kyle Kondik

This is the second part of a two-part series analyzing the flood of primaries and in both parties from now through March 15. Last week we looked at the Republicans, and this week we look at the Democrats.

February 25, 2016

Few Fear an IRS Audit

Americans don't trust the IRS, but they're less worried this year about being audited by the feds.

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February 24, 2016

More Plan to File Their Taxes on Time

With the April 18 deadline still nearly two months away, Americans are more confident they’ll file their taxes on time.

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February 24, 2016

Starving on the Prosciutto-and-Brie Poverty Diet by Michelle Malkin

Heed the cry of an entitled young American hipster: Woe is me, me, me, me, me!

February 24, 2016

The Pope vs. Trump: What Do Voters Say?

Voters strongly disagree with Pope Francis that those who support building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border are not Christians and don't much like prominent religious leaders telling them how to vote.

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February 24, 2016

Establishment seeks U.S.S. Marco Rubio to save it from Donald Trump By Charles Hurt

The Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome treatment facilities simply cannot handle the patient load. By Super Tuesday, there will be no beds left and white people wearing Brooks Brothers suits and tassel loafers will be wandering the streets of New York and D.C. with bloodshot eyes.

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February 24, 2016

Joy and Bad Law By John Stossel

According to Betfair.com, Jennifer Lawrence probably won't win best actress at the Oscars Sunday. I'm rooting for her, though -- not because of her acting, but because the movie she stars in, "Joy," celebrates the difficulty of entrepreneurship.  

February 24, 2016

Get Over It, GOP: Trump’s the Nominee

Donald Trump carried the Nevada Republican caucus yesterday by a two-to-one margin over his nearest rival, Senator Marco Rubio. It was his third state win in a row after his narrow second-place finish in the initial Iowa caucus and strongly suggests that the most improbable presidential candidate in years is ready to “run the table” through the remaining primaries.

February 23, 2016

Border Control Still Top Immigration Priority For Most Voters

Most voters continue to favor stricter border control over granting legal status to those already here illegally and believe amnesty will just encourage more illegal immigration.

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February 23, 2016

Paranoid Politics By Thomas Sowell

Amid all the media analyses of the prospects of each of the candidates in both political parties, there is remarkably little discussion of the validity -- or lack of validity -- of the arguments these candidates are using.

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February 23, 2016

February Clarifies Both Parties' Nomination Races By Michael Barone

In 2008, Barack Obama's great victories in February primaries -- Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia and Wisconsin -- gave him an unstoppable delegate lead for the Democratic nomination. In 2012, Mitt Romney's wins in Florida (technically on Jan. 31) and Michigan sent him on his way to the Republican nomination.   

February 23, 2016

Trump’s Lead Grows with Jeb Out of the Race

With Jeb Bush out, Donald Trump has widened his lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.