Networks Calling Election Winners Tonight—Not So Fast
Now comes California, the Big Enchilada. No more teeny tiny states picking presidents; it’s our turn. More than eight million ballots will be cast, but unlike almost every other state, millions of these ballots will not be counted on Election Night. California’s massive electorate votes in stages. Voting by mail has become so popular that […]
Why Trump Just Might Win
Two new California polls are showing what is becoming increasingly clear across the nation: there is a very good chance that Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. On Monday, Survey USA, which has a good track record in California, showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 52 to 38 percent. On Wednesday, […]
Called Last December—Trump Would Win Nomination
(Editor’s Note: Even before the first primary vote was cast and well ahead of other pundits, political analyst Tony Quinn wrote the following column for Fox and Hounds predicting that Donald Trump would win the GOP nomination, mapping out his success in Southern States and even the fall of Marco Rubio in his home state […]
Three Million New Voters And A $58 Billiion Tax Increase; Donald Trump’s Impact On California
Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy has the potential to totally remake California politics by costing a third to a half of all Republican incumbents their seats this fall, thus bringing to an end the two party system in California. Polling data and political trends support this conclusion. Californians no longer split their tickets to the extent […]
How California’s Primary Process Will Help Donald Trump and Hurt Ted Cruz
California’s June primary will not really count in the long race for the Republican nomination like it should because the primary here is organized in a way that makes no sense. Instead of one presidential primary on June 7, we will have 54 contests. One contest will be for the statewide winner, and that winner […]
Trump Wins
Donald Trump has won the Republican nomination for President and will be the Republican nominee. Forget anything else; he won across the board on Super Tuesday, adding to his wins in a New England Yankee state (New Hampshire); a southern evangelical state (South Carolina), and a Western suburban state (Nevada). It is all over. So how […]
The California Impact of Justice Scalia’s Death
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia ends, at least for now, the 40-year conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court. That majority began with justices chosen by President Nixon, and his picks ended a liberal majority that also went back four decades to President Roosevelt. So Scalia’s death has a profound impact on the court, […]
New Hampshire – Maker Of Presidents
Iowa they say picks corn and New Hampshire picks presidents. And in fact, that is exactly right. New Hampshire not only makes presidents, it also rids us of presidents, two in recent history. And this year it is going to play its traditional mighty role. Hillary Clinton simply has to survive New Hampshire, but if […]
The Death Of Modern Conservatism
Modern American conservatism dates from the founding of National Review by William F. Buckley in 1955. And the death of modern conservatism probably dates from last week when the presumptive Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, called National Review a “failing publication that has lost its way … its circulation is way down with its influence being at an […]
A Third Party In 2016?
Pollster Scott Rasmussen let the cat out of the bag with his presidential preference poll in late December: the American public believes Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the Democratic and Republican nominees, but they don’t really want to elect either of them. Rasmussen asked for preferences for president but gave voters an option […]