McCain Seen as Candidate Most Likely to Reach Across Party Lines
If John McCain is elected President, 63% of voters say it’s at least somewhat likely that he will reach across party lines and work effectively with both Republicans and Democrats.
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May 28, 2008
May 28, 2008
Just Say Yes By Susan Estrich
There is a very easy way for Barack Obama's team to avoid floor fights at the Democratic National Convention.
May 28, 2008
71% of Adults Believe Gas Prices Will Hit $5/Gallon Before End of Summer
A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 71% of adults believe that the price of gas is at least somewhat likely to reach $5 a gallon before the end of the summer. Just 21% say it is unlikely to reach the $5 mark.
May 27, 2008
Bad News for GOP Can Be Good News for McCain By Froma Harrop
The recent loss of formerly deep-red congressional districts to Democrats is supposed to be awful news for John McCain. Actually, the opposite could be true.
May 27, 2008
Most Say Stimulus Had No Impact & Best Economic Policy is Getting Government Out of the Way
Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters nationwide say that the economic stimulus package passed earlier this year has had no impact on the economy. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 57% believe that if Congress and the President do nothing more, the economy will be in even worse shape a year from now.
May 26, 2008
Memorial Day: 48% Will Take Time to Honor Those Who Have Given Their Life
On Memorial Day, 2008, 36% of Americans report knowing a relative or close friend who has given their life while serving in the U.S. military. Thirty-seven percent (37%) report knowing someone serving in Iraq at this time.
May 26, 2008
A Vice President for Abortion By Robert Novak
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, whose Roman Catholic archdiocese covers northeast Kansas, on May 9 called on Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to stop taking Communion until she disowns her support for the "serious moral evil" of abortion.
May 24, 2008
The Rev. Wright Connection Still Haunts Obama By Michael Barone
As Barack Obama makes his slow but steady way toward the Democratic nomination, the assumption in the admiring precincts of the press corps is that voters have dismissed as irrelevant his longtime association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
May 24, 2008
Generic Congressional Ballot: 47% Democrat 39% Republican
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found the Democrats have an eight-point lead this month on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
May 24, 2008
Warner for VP? By Robert Novak
Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, a strong favorite to be elected to the Senate this year, has told associates that he is being considered as Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate. He did not indicate whether he would be receptive to such an offer.
May 23, 2008
Fewer Democrats Want Hillary to Drop Out
As Barack Obama inches closer to formally wrapping up the Democratic Presidential Nomination, the number of Democrats who want Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race has declined.
May 22, 2008
Democrats Should Be More Democratic By Froma Harrop
There was unfortunate symbolism in Barack Obama's choice of Des Moines as the place to celebrate his delegate milestone on the day of the Kentucky and Oregon primaries.
May 22, 2008
McCain's Shocking Discovery By Joe Conason
Disturbed by troubling connections and unflattering publicity, John McCain has just purged several prominent Washington lobbyists from his presidential campaign. Surely his intentions are laudable, but if Sen. McCain is consistent in ridding his campaign of such compromised people, he will find himself riding lonesome on the Straight Talk Express.
May 22, 2008
McCain, Not Disarmed By Robert Novak
When one of the Democratic Party's most astute strategists this week criticized John McCain for attacking Barack Obama's desire to engage Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I asked what the Republican presidential candidate ought to talk about in this campaign.
May 21, 2008
GOP Senate Massacre of '08 By Dick Morris
While Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hangs in there, locked in a tough race with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Republican undercard is facing obliteration in the 2008 general elections for the Senate.
May 21, 2008
Thomas Most Familiar Supreme Court Justice to Voters
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41% of voters give the Supreme Court good or excellent ratings. Just 19% give it a poor rating. While over half (52%) of Republicans rate the Supreme Court good or excellent, just 39% of Democrats do the same. Among unaffiliated voters, 35% say the Justices are doing a good or excellent job.
May 21, 2008
For Republicans, Judicial Appointments Matter More Than Iraq
When it comes to how they will vote in November, Republican voters say that the type of Supreme Court Justices a candidate would appoint is more important than the War in Iraq.
May 21, 2008
The Kennedy Family By Susan Estrich
That's what we are. I don't just mean the real Kennedys, the people who are related to what will always be, for my generation, the closest thing America has to royalty.
May 20, 2008
American Idol Fans Split on Who They Think Will Win This Year's Competition
With just one episodes to go, most (51%) American Idol fans have made it clear that David Cook should win this year’s competition.
May 20, 2008
Americans' College Choices Limited Despite Early Saving
As another class of college students graduates with enormous student loan debt, parents are also feeling the pinch.
