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Christie's support drops to 5%… in New Jersey. Trump surging 10/15/2015 9:21:26 AM  Jazz Shaw 40 Comments Most of the focus on polling this week has revolved around Nevada and South Carolina, where The Donald has jumped out to leads which nearly equal the total of the rest of the field. But at the same time, the rest of the states are checking their own More... California Lieutenant Governor wants to do background checks…on ammo 10/15/2015 8:41:46 AM  Taylor Millard 40 Comments California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom wants to make it illegal for people to buy ammunition without passing a background check. He’s expected to announce the ballot initiative later today in San Francisco, and Los Angeles Times notes a More... Nobel Peace Prize update: Obama to keep 5,500 troops in Afghanistan 10/15/2015 8:01:52 AM  Jazz Shaw 35 Comments Here’s a blast from the past, taken from President Obama’s 2014 campaign platform. “President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq and will end the war in Afghanistan in 2014.” Flash forward to October of 2015 and the picture More... Quotes of the day 10/14/2015 10:41:57 PM  Allahpundit 287 Comments According to Nielsen Fast National ratings data, CNN's Democratic debate averaged 15.3 million total viewers last night. That would make it the sixth-biggest nonsports cable telecast in history. In the 25-54 demographic, the faceoff among White House More... CNN polls: Trump leads by 16 points in Nevada, by 18 in South Carolina 10/14/2015 10:01:39 PM  Allahpundit 213 Comments Both are important early states and both have Trump way, way out in front per CNN’s latest. And do note, Trump fans: Both are polls of likely Republican voters, not just adults. The big rap on Trump from his critics to this point is that he’s More... Thought experiment: Wouldn't Liz Warren be the Democratic frontrunner by now if she'd run? 10/14/2015 9:21:55 PM  Guy Benson 26 Comments Two observations in the wake of last evening’s first Democratic debate, followed by a hypothesis: (1) Hillary Clinton is her party’s presumptive presidential nominee, leading the field by a comfortable double-digit margin.  Democrats know More... Nobel winner: Conservatives may have been right all along on foreign aid 10/14/2015 8:41:16 PM  Ed Morrissey 55 Comments Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. That axiom reflects the need for checks and balances in government, and one key check is popular accountability on revenue. But what happens when governments get much of their revenue not from the More... Maine food stamp enrollment plunges below 200,000 10/14/2015 8:01:38 PM  Kristina Ribali 67 Comments Maine’s Governor Paul LePage has been on a crusade to reform his state’s welfare program and reduce resident dependence on government assistance. New numbers indicate that these reforms have been working. The Maine Department of Health and More... Aunt who sued nephew over exuberant hug: It's a claim against the insurance company, nothing more 10/14/2015 7:21:46 PM  Allahpundit 52 Comments The Internet had already declared this woman to be History’s Greatest Monster by the time I wrote about her yesterday (“the Auntie Christ,” the Daily News calls her), but I feel guilty for chipping in now that she’s professing More... Four statements by former HHS Secretary Sebelius proving she's completely out of touch with reality 10/14/2015 6:41:36 PM  Kristina Ribali 47 Comments We all remember the rollout of the Obamacare federal insurance exchange back in 2013. That introduction was so disastrous it made the suits who thought up New Coke look like Don Draper by comparison. As the head of the Department of Health and Human More... About that Texas professor quitting over campus carry… 10/14/2015 6:01:44 PM  Taylor Millard 61 Comments There’s been a little bit of a hullabaloo over a University of Texas professor saying he’s quitting over the state’s new campus carry law. Daniel Hamermesh wrote to UT President Greg Fenves he wouldn’t teach class in Fall 2016 More... Too bad to check: Cuba reportedly sends general, military operatives to … Syria, to assist Assad 10/14/2015 5:21:43 PM  Allahpundit 58 Comments I’m torn on what to think about this. On the one hand, it reeks of propaganda designed to discredit Castro and blow up his fragile detente with Obama. With the possible exception of placing Cuban soldiers on the ground with the jihadis in More... Video: Russia "deliberately targeting" US-backed rebels in Syria 10/14/2015 4:41:43 PM  Ed Morrissey 63 Comments And there’s nothing we will do about it, apparently. Fox reported this morning that a source within the government says Russia isn’t just inadvertently hitting US-backed forces in Syria, but are deliberately targeting our partners in an More... Worst porn ever: I'm aroused by Bernie Sanders, says Joy Behar 10/14/2015 4:01:15 PM  Allahpundit 77 Comments Via Newsbusters, there’s a cold chill headed down my spine as I imagine Sanders dialing her up after watching this. “Are you feeling the Bern? Would you like to?” The worst part is what’s got her hot and bothered. It’s not More... Can the NFL really control every clip from every game? 10/14/2015 3:21:51 PM  Jazz Shaw 30 Comments The first I caught wind of this rather offbeat story was when I noticed a tweet from a friend saying that sports site Deadspin had been suspended on Twitter. And what was the sin that they were guilty of? Spamming users? Trolling? Pornography? No… More... Jim Webb: The enemy I'm most proud to have made was a VC who tried to kill me with a grenade. Hillary: Mine is Republicans. 10/14/2015 2:41:20 PM  Allahpundit 374 Comments The headline says it all, no? Maybe not quite all. Jonah Goldberg’s right about this, of course: Even though [Hillary’s response] was gaffe, it won't get treated as one by the media because it doesn't sound like one to their ears (for all More... Video: White House walks back Hillary e-mail defense 10/14/2015 2:01:39 PM  Ed Morrissey 34 Comments The toughest question yesterday about Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal didn’t come at the Democratic debate, but in the White House briefing room. After Barack Obama categorically stated that the secret, unsecured, unauthorized, and wide-open More... Rand Paul: Please enjoy my presidential campaign's "dumbass" livestream stunt 10/14/2015 1:21:11 PM  Allahpundit 63 Comments Best moment he’s had on the trail in months, no? This comes from yesterday’s all-day livestream organized by the Paul campaign, a stunt designed to show … I’m not sure what. Transparency, I guess. If you’re considering More... Video: DNC chair caught in lie about Dem debate negotiations 10/14/2015 12:41:57 PM  Jazz Shaw 58 Comments There was a big fight going on among the Democrats yesterday, but it wasn’t the one on the debate stage in Las Vegas. It’s been well known for quite some time that pretty much everyone in the party wanted more debates than the four scheduled More... Trump: That Hillary Clinton did all right last night, huh? 10/14/2015 12:01:17 PM  Ed Morrissey 162 Comments Normally, presidential candidates that veer off into political analysis end up with egg on their faces, but Donald Trump delivers a pretty solid breakdown of last night’s debate. He tells ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in this clip from Good More... Video: Bernie Sanders goes face-first into the tank for Hillary on her e-mails 10/14/2015 11:21:50 AM  Allahpundit 164 Comments Here’s the moment last night where I learned that making Hillary “feel the Bern” means inviting her to put her feet up by a cozy fire. It’s also where I learned that Sanders isn’t actually trying to win the nomination. The More... Jebcare is still government-facilitated health care 10/14/2015 10:41:08 AM  Taylor Millard 49 Comments Jeb Bush is releasing what he calls "Jebcare," his health care plan he thinks is the best replacement for Obamacare. It has some okay things in it, but a lot of it is just a "big government conservative" spin on health care. The plan also shows a More... Poll: What's happened to Jeb Bush? Ted Cruz to report $13.5 million cash on hand — at or near the top of the GOP field Boehner looking to move debt-ceiling bill soon Ben Carson puts public campaign events on hold for two weeks for book tour Breaking: Obama to announce halt of U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan What are the demographics of heaven? Study: Actually, sitting isn't associated with an increased risk of dying Do secular Americans secretly pine for religion? If you're not paranoid, you're crazy The demise of the modern playboy