2010 Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey With Narrow Lead Over Both Specter and Sestak
Likely Republican nominee Pat Toomey is now ahead of both Democrats who are vying to run against him next year in Pennsylvania’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate.
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December 10, 2009
December 10, 2009
"Socialized Medicine"? Whatever By Froma Harrop
So it's come down to this. Republicans and some Democrats wouldn't vote for a government-run health plan that competed with private insurers -- though it would enjoy no special taxpayer subsidies. That's socialism.
December 9, 2009
In 2010 Ohio Governor Match-up, Strickland Trails Kasich
Unemployment in Ohio has jumped to 10.5%, the state is wrestling with an $851 million budget shortfall, and Governor Ted Strickland has proposed delaying a tax cut approved in 2005. Add it all together, and it’s a tough environment for the incumbent Democratic governor who now trails his expected general election opponent by nine percentage points in an early look at the 2010 race.
December 9, 2009
53% Say EPA Should Not Regulate Greenhouse Gases Without Congress' OK
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday declared carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions a danger to public health and said it will regulate them accordingly.
December 9, 2009
Tiger Woods' Favorables Fall to 38%
The news coverage of the past week has taken its toll on the image of Tiger Woods.
December 9, 2009
Tiger's Feet of Clay By Susan Estrich
Nine women. And counting.
When did this guy find time to play golf?
December 9, 2009
2010 Pennsylvania Senate Primary: Specter 48%, Sestak 35%
Longtime Senator Arlen Specter holds a 13-point lead over his Democratic Primary challenger Joe Sestak.
December 9, 2009
54% in Virginia Oppose Health Care Plan
Barack Obama was the first Democratic presidential candidate in decades to carry Virginia, but that support isn’t carrying over to the president’s national health care plan.
December 9, 2009
30% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
For the second straight week, just 30% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national survey.
December 9, 2009
2010 North Dakota Senate: Hoeven 58%, Dorgan 36%
Incumbent Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan may have a serious problem on his hands if Republicans recruit Governor John Hoeven to run for the U.S. Senate in North Dakota next year.
December 9, 2009
Too Few Troops, Too Much Spin By Tony Blankley
A sense of unreality overshadows our debate on Afghan war policy across the spectrum of opinions. The unreality derives from the simple fact that we do not have enough troops to rationally implement an adequate defense of our national interests. So every argument for Afghanistan policy tends to seem unserious, perhaps pointless.
December 8, 2009
GOP's Lead in Generic Ballot Down to Four Points This Week
Republican candidates have a seven-point lead over Democrats for the second straight week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
December 8, 2009
34% Expect Situation in Afghanistan to Get Better
One week after President Obama announced his plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan with a projected troop withdrawal to begin in 18 months, voter confidence in U.S. efforts there has reached its highest level of the year.
December 8, 2009
Most Americans Oppose Second Stimulus and Using Bailout Funds for States
President Obama hopes to use money still unspent from the $787-billion economic stimulus plan to fight the nation’s 10% unemployment rate, and one of the ideas on the table is to channel money to states to keep them from laying off public employees.
December 8, 2009
76% Prefer Free Market Economy
Support for a free market economy remains strong despite the extended recession and last fall’s Wall Street meltdown.
December 8, 2009
51% of SC Republicans Say Party Should Be More Like DeMint Than Graham
Two of the most influential Republicans in the U.S. Senate these days come from South Carolina, Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham. But Graham’s efforts to work with majority Democrats on some issues has angered many GOP voters in the state, even prompting efforts to censure him.
December 8, 2009
2010 Connecticut Senate: Dodd Struggles Against All Republican Challengers
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Connecticut now finds Dodd attracting just 35% to 40% of the vote against three possible Republican challengers.
December 8, 2009
Santa, Take Note: 9% Naughty, 77% Nice
Santa is making his list and checking it twice, with a little help from Rasmussen Reports.
December 8, 2009
America's Clean-Energy Defeatists By Froma Harrop
The United States used to be the can-do country. A respect for science married to the entrepreneurial spirit propelled America to the forefront of global progress and made it rich. But a late-20th century malaise had crept in, fueled by a conservative hostility to modern science and public investment.
December 7, 2009
Professor Obama as Dutiful Commander in Chief By Michael Barone
Every time I visit the White House, I am struck by its military environment.
