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September 16, 2015

Dear Donald Trump: Stay refreshing, back off Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson By Charles Hurt

You have run a near-flawless campaign.

At every turn, your originality and unpredictability have outsmarted the most highly touted minds in the political world today. Every time they count you out, you gain 10 more points in the polls. It is, as you yourself might say, a-MAAAAAAAAZ-ing.

September 16, 2015

Debate Showdown: Bush vs. Trump

Jeb Bush showed he means business at tonight’s Republican presidential debate when he peeled open his shirt at a public appearance earlier this week to reveal an old Reagan/Bush ’84 campaign T-shirt.

September 16, 2015

Debate Showdown: Bush vs. Trump

Jeb Bush showed he means business at tonight’s Republican presidential debate when he peeled open his shirt at a public appearance earlier this week to reveal an old Reagan/Bush ’84 campaign T-shirt.

September 15, 2015

59% Think Hillary Likely To Have Broken The Law

Most voters think Hillary Clinton needs to do a better job of explaining her use of a private e-mail server when she was secretary of State and suspect that she broke the law.

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September 15, 2015

Why Have Elections? By Thomas Sowell

In a country with more than 300 million people, it is remarkable how obsessed the media have become with just one -- Donald Trump. What is even more remarkable is that, after six years of repeated disasters, both domestically and internationally, under a glib egomaniac in the White House, so many potential voters are turning to another glib egomaniac to be his successor.

September 15, 2015

Should Tobacco Smoking Be Against the Law?

Despite the health risks of tobacco smoking, Americans still don’t want to ban it altogether.

September 14, 2015

Are Sanders’ Chances Improving For 2016?

Support for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders among Democrats has surged over the summer, but do voters in his party think he is any more likely to win the presidential nomination in 2016?

September 14, 2015

29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending September 10.

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September 14, 2015

Are Democrats Ready for Biden?

Democrats still aren’t clamoring for Vice President Joe Biden to jump into the race for their party’s presidential nomination.

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September 12, 2015

Hillary Is So Sorry She Wasn't Sorry Sooner by Ted Rall

Poor Hillary Clinton.

September 12, 2015

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 12, 2015

Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan writes this week about the growing divide between the elites and those they govern, and there was more proof of it in our latest polls.

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September 11, 2015

Trump Change: ‘The Donald’ Is Still the Odds-On Favorite

Donald Trump lost a little ground over the past week, according to Rasmussen Reports’ latest Trump Change survey.

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September 11, 2015

America's Reckless Refuge for Jihad by Michelle Malkin

On the anniversary week of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Obama is rolling out the welcome mat to tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees. What could go wrong?

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September 11, 2015

In Praise of Monarchy By Michael Barone

Some time in the early evening of Wednesday, London time, Queen Elizabeth II broke a record: she became the longest-serving monarch in British history, beating her great-great-grandmother Victoria's reign of 63 years and 216 days. She is also, at 89, by a solid stretch the longest-lived British monarch.

September 11, 2015

Should U.S. Take Migrants to Help Out Europe?

President Obama announced yesterday that the United States will take in up to 10,000 Middle Eastern migrants to help alleviate the illegal immigration crisis now besetting Europe. Americans aren't sure that's such a good idea.

September 10, 2015

Hate Congress, Love Your Congressman? Not Quite

Ratings for Congress’ overall performance have dipped, but voters are a bit more positive about their local representatives.

September 10, 2015

Most Think Iran Unlikely to Honor Nuclear Weapons Deal

Despite the opposition of most members of Congress, the Obama administration appears to have maneuvered its nuclear weapons deal with Iran into reality. But most voters still don’t trust Iran to play ball.

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September 10, 2015

Obama’s half answers bolster mullahs By Charles Hurt

You may not like ex-Vice President Dick Cheney and you may not miss former President George W. Bush but you have to give them credit. They did not do things halfway.

September 10, 2015

This 9/11, Voters See Terrorists As Winning

Fourteen years after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, concern that the terrorists have the upper hand in the ongoing War on Terror remains near a record high.

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September 10, 2015

The Real Presidential Deadlines By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

The presidential fields on both sides are so much in flux that rumors of new candidates entering the race continue. For the Democrats, the whispers about Vice President Joe Biden making a late charge into the fray have become roars. Biden made a campaign-style appearance at a Labor Day rally in Pittsburgh and otherwise seems to be strongly considering a run as frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s polling has dipped significantly (though to us she remains the clear favorite for the Democratic nomination).