McCain Needs to Catch A Break - Or Else By Scott Rasmussen
John McCain needs a couple breaks if he's going to make the presidential race competitive down to the wire.
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October 12, 2008
October 12, 2008
Playing the Race Card By Debra J. Saunders
The race card is back. After Tuesday night's debate, Washington party-crossover dean David Gergen announced it was "too early" to declare victory for Democrat Barack Obama, not because the election is a month away, but because "Obama is black."
October 11, 2008
New Rasmussen Reports Partisan Weighting Targets: 39.3% Democrat 33.0% Republican
Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large. Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process.
October 11, 2008
55% Expect Obama Victory, Only 15% Believe McCain Will Win
Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters now expect Barack Obama to win the election in November and become the 44th President of the United States. Just 15% expect a McCain victory while 27% say the race is too close to call.
October 11, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - October 10, 2008
The souring U.S. economy and the presidential battle between Barack Obama and John McCain dominated the polls again this week, but the findings were studies in contradiction.
October 11, 2008
The Coming Obama Thugocracy By Michael Barone
"I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors," Barack Obama told a crowd in Elko, Nev. "I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face." Actually, Obama supporters are doing a lot more than getting into people's faces. They seem determined to shut people up.
October 10, 2008
Fans Choose Pedroia, Pujols for League MVP’s
As the final four teams battle it out in October, fans have chosen which players should win the top honors this season in Major League Baseball.
October 10, 2008
52% Favor McCain’s Mortgage Bailout Plan
A majority of voters (52%) favor John McCain’s plan for the federal government to buy up distressed mortgages and refinance them so homeowners can stay in their homes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Thirty-five percent (35%) oppose the plan.
October 10, 2008
Thirty Days and Counting By Alan Abramowitz
With one month remaining in the 2008 presidential campaign, national and state polling data indicate that Barack Obama holds a clear lead over John McCain.
October 10, 2008
Statehouse '08 Update By Larry J. Sabato
There are just eleven governorships up for grabs from coast to coast, six currently held the Democrats and five by the Republicans.
October 9, 2008
36% of Baseball Fans Say Boston Red Sox Will Win World Series
Most baseball fans predict an American League team will prevail at the World Series this year, and over a third think that team will be the reigning champion Boston Red Sox.
October 9, 2008
Voters Say Obama Won Debate, McCain More Prepared To Be President
Voters say Barack Obama beat John McCain in Tuesday night’s presidential debate 45% to 28%, but they also think McCain is better prepared to be president than Obama by an 11-point margin.
October 9, 2008
Honor Won and Lost By Joe Conason
Nothing in the presidential campaign so far has been as instructive as its swift descent into the politics of personal destruction. Although voters have probably heard little lately that they did not already know about Sen. Barack Obama, they have learned something very important about Sen. John McCain.
October 9, 2008
McCain Economics Still Bush League By Froma Harrop
Take a great nation with a fabulous work ethic and inventive people. Turn its $236 billion budget surplus into an estimated $482 billion deficit, and nearly double the national debt to $10 trillion. In the meantime, fuel economic growth with a consumer-led borrowing binge that makes America beholden to China.
October 9, 2008
Obama, the Good Soldier By Debra J. Saunders
Two important questions were asked at Tuesday night's presidential debate.
October 9, 2008
Will McCain Make the Investor Connection? By Lawrence Kudlow
While the presidential candidates were debating in Nashville on Tuesday night, the Asian stock markets were selling off by 10 percent. Earlier in the day, the U.S. market plunged by 500 points. These were big-time drops, yet presidential debaters never talk about the stock market. Nashville was no exception.
October 9, 2008
Is The Electoral Dam Breaking for Obama By Larry J.. Sabato
All season, political observers have been speculating when, if ever, the Electoral College and the state and national polls would reflect the basic pro-Democratic fundamentals of the presidential election year.
October 8, 2008
Majority Still Say U.S. Is Winning War on Terror
A majority of voters (52%) continue to believe the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, and nearly as many (48%) say America is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
October 8, 2008
52% Plan To Get Flu Shots This Year
Just over half of adults (52%) say they intend to receive a flu shot this year, up from 44% last year, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
October 8, 2008
76% Support Showing Photo ID Before Voting
Three out of four U.S. voters (76%) believe a person should be required to show photo identification at the polls before being allowed to vote, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 18% do not agree.
