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Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

The Art Of Warping Elections

by Victor Davis Hansonvia National Review
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Team Obama paved the way.

In the News

Iowa Caucus Meltdown Shines Light On Tech, Human Failures

quoting Herbert Linvia The Jakarta Post
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The Iowa Democratic Party will face tough questions Tuesday about how the technology and structure it designed for transparency and efficiency at its caucuses instead delivered neither.

InterviewsPolitics

Bill Whalen On The John Batchelor Show

interview with Bill Whalenvia The John Batchelor Show
Monday, February 3, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Bill Whalen discusses the app failure and problems in getting the Iowa caucus results as well as what happens next.

InterviewsPolitics

Bill Whalen On The John Batchelor Show

interview with Bill Whalenvia The John Batchelor Show
Monday, February 3, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Bill Whalen discusses the Iowa caucus results or lack of results as well as how Democrats stop Bernie.

InterviewsPolitics

Victor Davis Hanson: Sanders' Rise Shows How Lackluster The Democratic Field Turned Out To Be

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia Fox News
Monday, February 3, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson notes that Senator Bernie Sanders' popularity in the 2020 Democratic race is shows "how anemic the field of candidates turns out to be.”

In the News

Soviet Spy Congratulated Bernie On Prior Election Win, Met In His Office, Report Says

quoting Paul R. Gregoryvia The Daily Wire
Monday, February 3, 2020

A spy from the former communist superpower, the Soviet Union, congratulated socialist Bernie Sanders in March 1983 for winning re-election as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and for meeting with him in Sanders’ office.

FeaturedPolitics

Iowa Votes: The End Of The Beginning Of Bernie, Or The Beginning Of The End Of The Democrats’ Electability?

by Bill Whalenvia Forbes
Sunday, February 2, 2020

We’re in for a crazy few days of news: Super Bowl Sunday; Monday’s return to the Senate impeachment trial; Tuesday’s State of the Union Address by President Trump; Wednesday’s Senate vote likely acquitting Trump on the two impeachment counts.

Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

Iowa’s Reveal: Biden Is Striding . . . Or Old Joe Is The New Jeb

by Bill Whalenvia Forbes
Thursday, January 30, 2020

As we near Monday’s vote in Iowa, here’s a WalletHub study of how the Hawkeye State matches up with the rest of America on a battery of sociodemographic, economic, educational and religious metrics (long story short: strong parallels in terms of education and poverty rate, but not so much on race).

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Area 45: Tom Church: The Fiscal Effects Of A Public Option

interview with Tom Churchvia Matters of Policy & Politics
Friday, January 31, 2020

The enormous fiscal impact on government and taxpayers should a politically feasible public option become law.

In the News

The Left’s Plan To Make Cities More Powerful

featuring Jonathan Roddenvia Education News
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Jonathan Rodden is unhappy. In American elections, Democrats often receive a larger number of votes than their Republican rivals, but they nevertheless frequently fail to win elections. “In most democracies, the path to victory is simple: win more votes than your competitors. 

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