The Long and the Short of Steve Poizner By Debra J. Saunders
Why isn't Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner doing better in his bid for governor? On paper, Poizner is a solid contender.
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October 25, 2009
October 24, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week Ending October 23, 2009
These days, political turmoil isn’t a one-way street.
October 23, 2009
Voters Trust Republicans More On 10 Top Issues
For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. The GOP holds double-digit advantages on five of them.
October 23, 2009
Americans Favor Limits on Executive Pay For Bailed Out Firms
The Obama administration and the Federal Reserve Board this week both moved a step closer to regulating compensation at major banks and bailed-out financial firms, but most Americans have reservations about how far the government should go.
October 23, 2009
38% Say Deficit Reduction Top Priority, 23% Say Health Care Reform
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters say cutting the federal budget deficit in half in the next four years should be the Obama administration's top priority, while 23% say health care reform is most important.
October 23, 2009
Most Americans Support Caps on Bank Overdraft Fees But Say Frequent Offenders Should Pay More
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Americans say the federal government should place limits on how much banks charge when customers overdraw their bank accounts, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
October 23, 2009
2010 Georgia Democratic Primary: Barnes Still Distant Front-Runner for Governor
The 2010 Democratic Primary race for governor in Georgia is still Roy Barnes’ to lose, but State Attorney General Thurbert Baker has moved 10 points closer over the last two months.
October 23, 2009
Obama Hits Opponents With Chicago Brass Knuckles By Michael Barone
"His father was a great friend of my father." The reference to William Ayers' father was how Mayor Richard M. Daley began his defense of Barack Obama for his association with the unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist. Daley's father, of course, was Richard M. Daley, mayor of Chicago from 1955 until his death in 1976. Ayers' father was head of Commonwealth Edison, the Chicago-based utility, from 1964 to 1980.
October 23, 2009
The Real Flaw: Fox Is a No-Fawn Zone By Debra J. Saunders
The Obama White House's war on Fox News heated up when President Obama appeared on five Sunday talk shows in September, but snubbed Fox's Chris Wallace. Then White House Communications Director Anita Dunn told CNN's Howard Kurtz, "Fox News often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party." On ABC's "This Week" Sunday, Obama guru David Axelrod commented on Fox mogul Rupert Murdoch's "talent for making money" -- and added that Fox News programming is "not really news."
October 23, 2009
49% Say No Health Care Reform Better Than Current Plan
Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide say that passing no health care reform bill this year would be better than passing the plan currently working its way through Congress.
October 22, 2009
73% of GOP Voters Say Congressional Republicans Have Lost Touch With Their Base
President Obama told an audience at a Democratic Party fundraiser Wednesday night that Republicans often “do what they’re told,” but GOP voters don’t think their legislators listen enough to them.
October 22, 2009
48% Say Guantanamo Prison Not Likely to Close in January
For the first time this year, a plurality (48%) of U.S. voters think it’s unlikely that the Guantanamo prison camp for suspected terrorists will be closed by January as President Obama has repeatedly vowed.
October 22, 2009
Competition Wanted: 65% Favor Removing Anti-Trust Exemption for Health Insurance Companies
Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters nationwide say laws should be changed so that health insurance companies are subject to anti-trust regulations. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 12% disagree, while 23% are not sure.
October 22, 2009
Playing Monopoly With America's Health By Joe Conason
Popular disgust over the fat premiums that financial executives bestow upon themselves is burgeoning, and rightly so. Those Wall Street piggy banks are filling up with billions upon billions of government-subsidized dollars.
October 22, 2009
Illinois Governor Race 2010 Generic Ballot: Democrat 43% Republican 37%
In a generic ballot match-up for the 2010 Governor election in Illinois, a Democratic candidate holds a 43% to 37% edge over a Republican.
October 22, 2009
2010 Georgia GOP Primary: Oxendine Still Way Ahead, 35% Undecided
John Oxendine, Georgia’s fire and insurance commissioner, continues to hold a commanding lead over all other Republican gubernatorial hopefuls in an early look at next year’s state GOP Primary.
October 22, 2009
'America's Best Idea' Meets One of the Worst By Froma Harrop
The Ken Burns series "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" got me thinking about one of America's worst ideas, the war on drugs. Particularly ill-conceived is the crusade against marijuana.
October 22, 2009
2010 Florida Governor: McCollum 46%, Sink 35%
Republican hopeful Bill McCollum now has a double-digit lead over his likeliest Democratic competitor, Alex Sink, in Florida’s 2010 race for governor, but the race between the two is little changed from June.
October 21, 2009
2010 Florida GOP Senate Primary: Crist 49%, Rubio 35%
The contest for the 2010 Republican Senate nomination in Florida is a little closer this month, but Governor Charlie Crist still holds a 14-point lead over former state House Speaker Marco Rubio.
October 21, 2009
63% Say Doctor-Prescribed Pot Is Okay
Sixty-three percent (63%) of Americans believe patients should be allowed to smoke marijuana if it is prescribed by a doctor.
