"The rise of Donald Trump is one of the most stunning political stories in the past century. Also, the campaign of Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary Clinton all she can handle, and who would have predicted that? Their popularity is based on promises, things they say they will do if elected. Talking Points believes that many followers of Trump and Sanders do not really care whether the men can deliver. We believe they want to do them, but they will not be able to overcome our political structure. Donald Trump says he will build a wall between the U.S.A. and Mexico. That is certainly possible, but Mexico will not pay for the wall no matter what a President Trump might threaten. His proposed action to stop Mexicans illegally in the USA from sending money back to their family and friends is impossible. He also says he will deport as many as 12 million illegal aliens within two years. The courts would likely block a mass deportation and, if they did not, each individual alien would have to have a court hearing. What about Mr. Trump's wish to temporarily ban Muslims who live in areas dominated by terrorism? Again, the courts would likely block the action based on the equal protection clause. Finally, Trump wants to keep China from devaluing its currency. Here Mr. Trump is on solid ground. The trade deficit with China was $366 billion last year, and Trump could certainly renegotiate this appalling situation that is a job killer for Americans. On the Bernie Sanders front, he says he will break up the big banks, but of course the courts would stop that. No president can break up any private enterprise unless there is a drastic reason to do so. Senator Sanders is also proposing much higher taxes for just about everybody in the country, but he would never get that through Congress if Republicans hold even 40 senators in that chamber. Sanders says he will defeat ISIS by somehow convincing the Muslim nations of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan and the Emirates to launch ground attacks. You can file this under amazing, fantasy, or wishful thinking. Finally Sanders wants to add $14 trillion in spending over a 10-year period to provide healthcare run by the government. The national debt is now approaching $20 trillion, so this is a dangerous fantasy. Sanders says he would raise taxes on business and workers to pay this, but nearly every single analysis of the subject says the new taxes would not even come close to covering the health expense. Senator Sanders is talking theory when reality dictates that the federal government must stop running up massive debt. We can't even provide an efficient health care system for our vets, and he believes the feds can serve 323 million people? Come on! But again, this doesn't really matter to many American voters. They like what they are hearing from Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, and that's enough."

Juan Williams and Katie Pavlich also scrutinized the tendency of politicians to over-promise. "I agree with you on Trump and the wall," Williams said, "and I do think when it comes to trade policy, I agree with the sentiment coming from Donald Trump. We should look out for our people." Pavlich took aim at Bernie Sanders' pledge to make college free. "Sanders is being very disingenuous, especially when it comes to young voters and proposing free college tuition. He's saying the government will somehow pay for it, which of course means tax increases. There is nothing for free. People like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump can't implement what they want to do because the government bureaucracy has become so bloated and nothing seems to work." The Factor concluded, "In my entire lifetime I have never seen a political candidate as radical and as disassociated from reality as Bernie Sanders."

With the New York State primaries exactly one week away, The Factor invited Karl Rove to provide prescient prognostication. "If Trump gets more than 50% in any congressional district," Rove explained, "he takes all three of those delegates. But I think there will be some districts in which he gets less than 50%, so my sense is that he will come out of New York with between 85 and 90 of the 95 delegates. But even after New York he will still be 100 delegates behind the combination of all the other candidates. California will be the crunch state and that's why Ted Cruz was in Southern California this week."

Elite U.S. troops are again fighting in Iraq, long after President Obama withdrew all forces from that theater. Mary Ann Marsh and Andrea Tantaros analyzed the situation and the relative lack of publicity. "Americans have opposed troops in Iraq for years," Marsh declared, "and President Obama withdrew the troops to keep an agreement that was set by then-President Bush to withdraw troops at the end of 2011. He kept that agreement and Monday Morning quarterbacking now is easy." Tantaros accused the President of mismanaging the entire Iraq situation. "President Obama campaigned on drawing down the war in Iraq, but we have seen ISIS seizing $1-billion of equipment we left in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is bad press for President Obama." The Factor concluded with a rhetorical question: "Isn't this an embarrassment and an admission of failure by President Obama, who withdrew all the troops?"

Attorneys Erin Ehrlich and Lis Wiehl scrutinized a new North Carolina law that says transgendered individuals must use public bathrooms that match their biological gender. "The Obama administration is reportedly thinking about withholding federal funding," Wiehl said, "but the federal government is not going to do that. The state's governor says he is worried that men who identify as girls will be going into girls' locker rooms." Ehrlich reported that Mississippi has also passed strict anti-LGBT legislation. "Mississippi is saying that people who have sincerely held religious convictions do not have to provide services to gay people. Essentially Mississippi is saying to the LGBT community that they are not welcome in the state."

Bernard McGuirk and Greg Gutfeld, proud and loud New Yorkers, mocked attempts by politicians to pander to city residents. "I was in Times Square," Gutfeld joked, "and Hillary Clinton tried to sell me a Rolex. I don't mind the pandering, but you really have to go for it - drink a pint of vodka, fall asleep on my stoop, and throw up in the East Village." McGuirk also had a field day with the faux New Yorkers. "Hillary Clinton was trying to be a 'woman of the people' on the subway, but a week earlier her motorcade blocked traffic while she went into Bergdorf Goodman and got a $600 haircut. And Ted Cruz could wear an NYPD hat and a Yankees jacket while dancing an Irish jig, but no one will vote for him."

Olivia Myers, Philadelphia, PA: "Mr. O'Reilly, your interview with Donald Trump was very refreshing. You stuck to your questions and didn't let him wander."

Doug Hullander, Knoxville, TN: "O'Reilly, you never let Trump complete a sentence. It's not necessary to constantly interrupt your guests."

Denise Blevins, Lebanon, VA: "O'Reilly, you were disrespectful to Donald Trump. You and all the left wing media obviously are not as smart as he is."

Norma Moretz, Charleston, SC: "We've had men acting presidential for decades and look where that's gotten us. I'll take an unpresidential acting man who can get things done - Trump."

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