Is This Worse Than '68? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Saturday, in Pittsburgh, a Sabbath celebration at the Tree of Life synagogue became the site of the largest mass murder of Jews in U.S. history. Eleven worshippers were killed by a racist gunman.
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October 30, 2018
October 26, 2018
The Left Will Never Thrive Without Its Own Smart, Entertaining and Well-Funded Media Organization By Ted Rall
The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan is in its 17th year, with no end in sight. The U.S. has killed 1 million Iraqis over the last 15 years. We're killing Syrians, Yemenis and Somalis. None of the victims threatened us.
October 26, 2018
Will Burly Men Stop House Democrats' Blue Wave? By Michael Barone
Do they live in two different worlds? White college graduate women favor Democrats over Republicans in House elections by a 62 to 35 percent margin. White non-college-graduate men favor Republicans over Democrats in House elections by a 58 to 38 percent margin.
October 26, 2018
Did Trump Goad and Guide the Pipe Bomber? By Patrick J. Buchanan
By Thursday, the targets of the mailed pipe bombs had risen to nine: George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Maxine Waters, John Brennan, Eric Holder, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Joe Biden and Robert De Niro.
October 25, 2018
A Dozen Days To Go: Ratings Changes in Gubernatorial, House Races By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The battles for the state governorships are getting more volatile as Election Day nears. We are moving three races, Kansas, Oregon, and South Dakota, to Toss-up.
— Republican odds of holding the Senate are as good as ever.
— The playing field continues to expand in the House.
October 24, 2018
2018 Midterms: All About Obama By Michelle Malkin
Former President Selfie Stick is back in action, firing up Democrats before the midterms with his signature rallying cries:
October 24, 2018
Politicians' Deceitful Promise By John Stossel
Will you be able to retire? Maybe not.
Will your state pay what its politicians promised? Almost certainly not.
October 23, 2018
'Medicare-for-All' By Stephen Moore
It seems like just yesterday that Democrats were telling us that under Obamacare, "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan."
October 23, 2018
Time for Trump to Cut the Prince Loose? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Was the assassination of JFK by Lee Harvey Oswald still getting as much media coverage three weeks after his death as it did that first week after Nov. 22, 1963? Not as I recall.
October 19, 2018
Caravan Puts Trump Legacy on the Line By Patrick J. Buchanan
Our mainstream media remain consumed with the grisly killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and how President Donald Trump will deal with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
October 19, 2018
Can Anti-Trump Hatred Carry the House for Democrats? By Michael Barone
"I have some thoughts on 'enthusiasm' and the election," tweeted Amy Walter, the Cook Political Report's ace analyst of House races. What I and, I suspect, others expected to follow was a discussion of how voters' enthusiasm, positive or negative, tends to determine who wins elections, especially in off-year elections, when turnout is more variable.
October 18, 2018
The Drive for 25: An updated seat-by-seat analysis of the House By Kyle Kondik
Democrats closing in on majority but it's not a sure thing.
October 17, 2018
Sinking Sleaze-Bob Menendez By Michelle Malkin
The metaphors don't get any better (or worse) than this:
October 17, 2018
Shut Up, They Explain By John Stossel
Gloria Alvarez, the young woman from Guatemala I wrote about last week, just got blocked by Facebook. Why? Because she criticizes socialism.
October 16, 2018
Trump's North American Trade Triumph By Stephen Moore
For those on the left and right who were certain that President Donald Trump's presidency meant the end of global free trade ... think again. Though Trump's critics have dismissed the significance of the new Mexico and Canada trade deal, it's hard to deny that it is a welcome advance for the economy of the entire continent.
October 16, 2018
Should US-Saudi Alliance Be Saved? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Over the weekend Donald Trump warned of "severe punishment" if an investigation concludes that a Saudi hit team murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
October 13, 2018
How Brett Kavanaugh Framed Himself as a Martyr to the #MeToo Movement By Ted Rall
Innocent until proven guilty.
October 12, 2018
Don't Look for Civility Unless Democrats Win in November By Michael Barone
"You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about," Hillary Clinton told CNN last Tuesday. Her words cannot be taken literally, for you can be civil if you want to; they're a statement that she doesn't want to.
October 11, 2018
Midterm Update: North Dakota Goes to Leans Republican, Giving the Republicans a Clearer Edge in the Senate By Kyle Kondik
Because we know readers want to see the up-to-the-minute state of play, we’re going to be publishing our Senate and gubernatorial maps, along with our House ratings tables, at the top of the Crystal Ball each week from here to the election. One can also always find our ratings at our Crystal Ball site as well as the UVA Center for Politics-Ipsos Political Atlas, which also features projections based on poll-based modeling and social media metrics.
