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July 24, 2015Conservatism With a Heart? It's Called Socialism. By Ted Rall
American conservatives are staring down the barrel of a future that looks increasingly bleak for them due to two major demographic shifts: The country is becoming more ethnically diverse, and younger voters -- Gen Xers, millennials, and presumably whoever comes next -- are left cold or even repelled by the Republican Party's Christian evangelical base and "social issues," i.e. its obsession over who everyone has sex with. Anticipating their imminent irrelevance, some on the right say it's time to reboot conservatism by bringing it more in line with the increasingly tolerant tone of most Americans on social issues, and by addressing their economic concerns.   

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                            July 24, 2015Voters Aren’t Buying Obama’s Story About IRS Scandal
President Obama told comedian Jon Stewart earlier this week that the Internal Revenue Service didn’t target Tea Party and other conservative groups on his watch and that a lack of funding by Congress was to blame for any problems at the tax-collecting agency. But voters still think something criminal was going on and are even more suspicious of what the president knew about it.
July 24, 2015Increasingly Divided Democrats Causing Problems for Their Party by Michael Barone
America's two major political parties have a difficult task: amassing a 51 percent coalition in a nation that has always been -- not just now, but from the beginning -- regionally, religiously, racially and ethnically diverse.
July 24, 2015Look Who's Coddling Denver's Social Justice Jerks By Michelle Malkin
"All cops are bastards!"   
"F**k cops!"    
"This is what white supremacy looks like!"   
On a tranquil Sunday afternoon in Denver, hate-mongering zealots hijacked a rally held by citizens and families of fallen police officers, who had gathered to pay tribute to Colorado's honorable men and women in blue. 

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                            July 24, 2015What Do Voters Think of the Supreme Court Now?
Praise and criticism of the U.S. Supreme Court are inching down again after last month's major rulings on Obamacare and gay marriage, and voters are more likely now to think the court’s ideology skews liberal.

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                            July 23, 2015Is the U.S. Justice System Fair to Most of Us?
Voters are less likely than ever to think the U.S. system of justice is fair to the majority of Americans. But race remains a big factor in how voters respond.

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                            July 23, 2015U.N. Wins Few Votes for Iran Deal Here at Home
The United Nations Security Council earlier this week endorsed the agreement the Obama administration has negotiated with Iran to slow the Iranian nuclear development program. But most U.S. voters aren’t impressed.
July 23, 2015A Small Senate Battlefield by Larry J. Sabato, Geoffrey Skelley, and Kyle Kondik
Since we last took a comprehensive look at the 2016 Senate races, a slew of new candidates have jumped in, some promising contenders have dropped out, and intraparty competition has intensified.
Sounds dramatic. Yet what most strikes us is the overall stability, thus far at least, of the Senate picture.

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                            July 23, 2015Voters React to Military's New Transgender Policy
The Pentagon recently announced that transgender individuals will be allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, but for voters that's a close call.

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                            July 22, 2015GOP Voters Say Kasich’s Not A Contender Yet
Who? That seems to be Ohio Governor John Kasich’s biggest problem as perhaps the last major entrant in the race for next year’s Republican presidential nomination.
July 22, 2015Medical Monsters vs. Life-Giving Angels By Michelle Malkin
Another week, another money-grubbing Planned Parenthood baby-parts harvester exposed.   
July 22, 2015McCain vs. Trump? GOP Voters Choose …
Do Republican voters have a slightly more favorable opinion of Donald Trump these days than they do of Senator John McCain?
July 22, 2015The Fact-Free Left By Thomas Sowell
The outrage over another multiple murder of American military personnel on American soil by another Islamic extremist has been exacerbated by the fact that these military people had been ordered to be unarmed -- and therefore sitting ducks.
Millions of American civilians have also been forbidden to have guns, and are also sitting ducks -- for criminals, terrorists or psychos.
July 22, 2015The War on Uber by John Stossel
Hillary Clinton gave a speech warning that the new "sharing economy" of businesses such as theride-hailing company Uber is "raising hard questions about workplace protections."

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                            July 22, 2015Americans Turn on Cosby
As more damning evidence is released regarding Bill Cosby’s history of alleged sexual assaults, Americans have a much more negative view of the legendary comedian but stop short of calling for his Presidential Medal of Freedom to be revoked.
July 21, 2015HUD's 'Disparate Impact' War on Suburban America by Michael Barone
Disparate impact. It's a legal doctrine that may be coming soon to your suburb (if you're part of the national majority living in suburbs).
July 21, 2015A Historic Catastrophe By Thomas Sowell
Distinguished scientist Freeman Dyson has called the 1433 decision of the emperor of China to discontinue his country's exploration of the outside world the "worst political blunder in the history of civilization." 

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                            July 21, 2015Does Campaign Cash Really Matter?
When it comes to campaign contributions, most voters think disclosure is more important than restrictions. Most also still believe substance matters more than money when it comes to election outcomes.

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                            July 21, 2015Voters Strongly Defend U.S. Flag, Symbols of Our Past
Voters overwhelmingly object to efforts to get rid of the U.S. flag and other symbols of the nation’s past that offend some Americans, but they're more hesitant about comparing those proposals to the historical cleansing being done by the radical Islamic group ISIS in the Middle East.

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                            July 20, 201532% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) 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 July 16.