Black Voters Twice as Confident as White Voters About Nation’s Direction in November
In the month of November, 38% of black voters believed the nation is heading in the right direction, while just 16% of white voters agree.
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December 4, 2008
December 4, 2008
66% in Illinois Oppose Pardon for Former Governor
Two-thirds of adults in Illinois (66%) are opposed to a presidential pardon for former Governor George Ryan, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
December 4, 2008
Jackson Is Top Choice of Illinois Democrats To Succeed Obama in Senate
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. is the clear favorite of Illinois Democrats among the party’s top five candidates to succeed Barack Obama as the state’s junior U.S. senator.
December 4, 2008
Booze or Drugs, Prohibition Makes No Sense By Froma Harrop
America ended Prohibition 75 years ago this week. The ban on the sale of alcohol unleashed a crime wave, as gangsters fought over the illicit booze trade. It sure didn't stop drinking. People turned to speakeasies and bathtub gin for their daily cocktail.
December 4, 2008
Not a Team of Rivals At All By Joe Conason
When the journalistic pack bites into a tasty cliché they often refuse to let go, lazily chewing and regurgitating a phrase like "team of rivals" long after the flavor is gone. Derived from the Doris Kearns Goodwin book on Lincoln's cabinet, that morsel had scant relevance to the cabinet being assembled by Barack Obama, as the president-elect bravely tried to explain when he introduced his national security team.
December 4, 2008
Pennsylvania Senate: Specter 46% Matthews 43%
Republican Senator Arlen Specter is potentially vulnerable in his 2010 bid for re-election. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters finds Specter leading MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews by just three percentage points, 46% to 43%, in a match-up that may foreshadow one of the nation's most closely-watched Senate races.
December 4, 2008
Obama and His New Crew By Debra J. Saunders
If you're not a "Star Trek" fan, you might not get this, but as I've watched President-elect Barack Obama these past few weeks, I feel as if the country is passing the torch from the brash, rule-breaking Capt. James T. Kirk, whose Starship Enterprise boldly went where no man had gone before in the original sci-fi series, to the more cerebral governance of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, who ran the Enterprise not so much as his merry ship but as a cutting-edge corporate venture, which culled databases and held meetings to brainstorm possible responses to new challenges.
December 3, 2008
Democrats Lead By Three on Generic Ballot in November
Despite a dominant performance on Election Day, Democrats held just a three point advantage in the Generic Congressional Ballot for the full month of November. Overall, Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 43% would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate, while 40% would choose the Republican candidate.
December 3, 2008
74% Say Government Not Doing Enough to Secure Borders
Seventy-four percent (74%) of U.S. voters continue to believe the federal government is not doing enough to secure the country’s borders, even as President-elect Obama has named a new secretary of Homeland Security who is opposed to a border fence.
December 3, 2008
59% Say Terror Attack in U.S. Likely in Next Year
Nearly three-out-of-five U.S. voters (59%) say a terrorist attack in the United States like the one last week in India is at least somewhat likely in the next year. Twenty-three percent (23%) say it is Very Likely.
December 3, 2008
The "A Team" By Susan Estrich
You can tell a lot about a person by the people who surround them. In theory, the "bigger" you are, the bigger and better the people around you should be. What makes a great leader is a great team. All that.
December 3, 2008
Brace for the Change You Do Not Believe In By Tony Blankley
From The Huffington Post and Daily Kos to National Review and The Washington Times -- and all the mainstream media in between -- commentators are puzzling over who the dickens President-elect Barack Obama really is.
December 2, 2008
Just 25% Concerned about TV Reception in February Transition
When TV turns digital this February, only a quarter (25%) of adults say they are at least somewhat concerned about their reception following the transition. Just 11% are Very Concerned.
December 2, 2008
55% Confident That Obama’s Team Will Beat Back Economic Woes
Fifty-five percent (55%) of Americans are at least somewhat confident that Barack Obama’s economic team can lead the country out of its current economic problems. Twenty-five percent (25%) are Very Confident.
December 2, 2008
GOP Voters Grow Slightly More Optimistic About America’s Future
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Republican voters now say America’s best days are in the future, while 48% think they are in the past, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
December 2, 2008
Holiday Sales Picture Improves Slightly
Holiday shoppers are feeling a little more generous now than a month ago despite the seemingly endless flow of economic bad news, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
December 2, 2008
Big Three Auto Firms Will Need Music, Too By Froma Harrop
The American "love affair" with cars is close to dead, then-Ford Motor chief Bill Ford lamented six years ago. "In California, people used to write songs about T-Birds and Corvettes," said Henry Ford's great-grandson. "Today, they write regulations." Ford had earlier shocked Detroit by admitting that sport utility vehicles caused environmental problems.
December 2, 2008
One-Fourth of All Workers Worried About Losing Job
As the nation’s economic woes mount, one-fourth of all American workers (24%) are worried about losing their job in the near future. That figure includes 37% of manufacturing workers and 31% of IT workers.
December 1, 2008
Just 12% Give Paulson Good or Excellent Marks for Job Performance
Only 12% of U.S. voters say Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has done a good or excellent job handling the country’s credit crisis and the bailout programs aimed at helping the economy.
December 1, 2008
50% Say Bank Laws Were Not Strict Enough
Half of U.S. voters (50%) say the recent wave of bank failures was triggered by laws that weren’t strict enough as opposed to bankers breaking the law.
