Guests: David Rothschild & Richard Sammon

Talking Points laid out the recent troubles for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

"Yesterday Bernie Sanders pounded Hillary Clinton in West Virginia, a state she easily won in 2008 when she received 67% of the vote against Barack Obama.

"The president got 26%.

"But that was then.

"Now Hillary Clinton's campaign is drifting.

"Donald Trump is rising in the polls, Secretary Clinton's aides are talking to the FBI about the email case and she is even being criticized by ardent liberals."

Richard Sammon, senior associate editor at the Kiplinger Letter, said that Clinton still had inherent advantages in the electoral map but that she was suffering from an enthusiasm gap among her supporters.

"She has a passion deficit," Sammon said. Sammon also said that many Democratic-leaning states like Pennsylvania are "flippable."

"She has to worry about states exactly like the ones you mentioned - Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio," Sammon said. "This is an election year that is in flux, and to assume one state will go the way it has in the past is probably the wrong thing to do."

David Rothschild, a prediction economist, agreed Clinton didn't have a great week, but Rothschild still thought she was still the overwhelming favorite to beat Trump in November.

"If Trump wins [swing] states, he wins," Rothschild said. "But Trump needs to win all of those states."

Guest: David Bossie

Data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics shows that Justice Department officials have donated about $75,000 to Hillary Clinton's campaign. The Factor asked David Bossie, chairman of watchdog group Citizens United, if this was a conflict of interest.

"It is a big deal, I mean this is just another piece of evidence, Loretta Lynch herself is a Clinton appointee, by Bill Clinton," Bossie said. "She owes her career to Bill Clinton. $75,000 doesn't sound like a lot, but it's by key people."

Guest: Lou Dobbs

Donald Trump says he won't release his tax returns. The Factor asked Fox Business anchor Lou Dobbs if Trump should release his IRS documents.

"In my opinion, absolutely not," Dobbs said. "Why should he turn over his tax returns when he's being audited, A. B, he is facing a hostile, national media that, no matter how pristine those returns, is going to find something to pick at and blow up and then use as some sort of shining object to distract from the issues."

The Factor pointed out that Trump was going against the historical precedent as only Ross Perot, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton declined to release full tax returns while running for president, with The Factor adding that it "would be a good move for him to release these tax returns."

The Factor then chided Dobbs for being overly sympathetic to Trump in his analysis.

"According to Dobbs, Donald Trump is Jesus," The Factor joked. "And Jesus never put out his tax returns, ever."

Guests: Monica Crowley & Eboni Williams

On Monday there was a massive brawl at a Los Angeles high school, leading The Factor to ask what was wrong with American public schools.

"There are a couple of things going on," Monica Crowley said. "I think you have a more lax society. But more importantly you've got the breakdown of the family. A lot of this kind of stuff happens in inner cities and urban kinds of areas, but it does happen in suburban schools also. Breakdown of the family, parents essentially checking out. And moreover you've got a bigger thing happening in American society, which is the collapse of authority at every level, from the presidency to law enforcement to teachers, school administrators. If parents aren't enforcing any rules and any discipline in the home, then the kids get into school and if the teachers either won't or can't enforce the rules and the administrators either can't or won't, you've got a situation like this."

The Factor then turned to Eboni Williams for her thoughts.

"It makes me angry," Williams said. "I'm the product of Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools, it was my only opportunity to break the poverty cycle in my family ... economically there's a bottom line here. When students aren't being educated, they're not graduating, they're not getting employed, that's bad for society, that's bad for crime rates."

Guest: Dennis Miller

Former ESPN commentator Curt Schilling was recently fired for posting online about his opposition to new laws that permit transgender individuals from entering bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.

In response, Schilling said he was fired in part because ESPN gives liberal pundits far more latitude to express their views on the sports network.

"ESPN devalued the Schilling because while they knew he was a great righty, they had no idea he was a great righty," Miller joked.

Miller also opined on Obama signing into law a measure that makes the bison the national mammal.

"Everybody knows the story here," Miller said. "Joe Biden sent the bald eagle to his plugs guy and they made a complete mess of it. The eagle looks like hell now, looks like a giant squid attacked its head. So they had to come in with a replacement creature and Obama went with the bison."

Guest: Martha MacCallum

According to the group Campus Reform, liberal college commencement speakers outnumber conservatives four-to-one.

Martha MacCallum took a look at the situation.

"There are kids on campuses who feel under-represented in these situations and if it were four-to-one the other way around, conservative speakers to liberal speakers, you can bet there would be people walking out of those commencement speeches" in protest, MacCallum said.

"We have a lot of things going on here but we are always looking for worthy endeavors.

"And so I am teaming up with perhaps the most prolific fiction writer in the world, James Patterson, on a picture book for young children about ready being polite.

"Now you might not associate me with that but Mr. Patterson is beyond reproach in this area, no question.

"The book called 'Give Please a Chance' will be available in November in time for Santa to make a delivery to the urchins.

"We'll keep you posted."