I agree with publisher Mort Zuckerman who recently wrote in the Wall Street Journal that subprime jobs numbers in the U.S. foreshadow continued economic weakness. But the stock market seems to disagree with both of us. Stocks are roaring ahead again today — up over 150 points — after holding the high ground yesterday and following Monday’s huge rally. Even a sub-par retail sales report didn’t stop retail stocks from posting a 1.6 percent gain.
Thirty-two percent (32%) of likely voters believe the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
As the 2009 Major League Baseball season enters its second half, the chief executive of the league earns positive reviews from the plurality of fans.
Homeowners are slightly more pessimistic about the housing market in the short term, but expectations for full recovery in five years are holding relatively steady.
Following the first two days of confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, voters overwhelmingly expect her to be confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court but remain divided as to whether she should be.
Sonia Sotomayor makes me smile. Maybe I should have a more highfalutin response to the back-and-forth between the judge and the senators. But why?
Republican candidate Robert F. McDonnell has rebounded to take a narrow lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the race for governor in Virginia, highlighting the expected closeness of that contest right up to November.
As I cruise around the Greek Isles for a few weeks, I want to recommend a truly remarkable book for your summer reading, "Freeing Tibet:50 Years of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope," by my great friend John Roberts and his wife, Elizabeth Roberts.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has a better than two-to-one lead over incumbent Governor David Paterson in next year’s likely Democratic Primary gubernatorial showdown.
Forty-eight percent (48%) of Americans have at least a somewhat favorable opinion of labor unions, while 42% view them at least somewhat unfavorably.
Republican candidates continue to lead on the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot as Democrats fall to their lowest level of support among voters in recent years.
In the polling hierarchy, the least signif icant data measure is a president's per sonal popularity. Here, President Obama excels, with most polls showing him in the high 60s. Next comes his job approval, significant but not necessarily predictive.
Americans are slightly more confident that the economy will be better one year from today, while hopes for its long-term recovery hold steady.
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor spoke for herself Monday on the first day of her confirmation hearings and got some help in the polls as a result.
When California voters rejected five measures on the May 19 special election ballot, but passed a sixth measure that barred legislative pay raises in budget deficit years, the message to Sacramento was clear: Voters did not like what Sacramento had to offer.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the health insurance.
One of America's toughest problems is being solved right before our unseeing eyes. As Mark Sanford strayed, Michael Jackson departed and Sarah Palin quit, the Obama administration was quietly putting law, order and the national interest back into our immigration system.
Seventy percent (70%) of Americans say the media paid too much attention to the death of music superstar Michael Jackson.
Forty-one percent (41%) of Americans say they are overweight, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on the housing market.
