How To Pick A Vice-President By Dick Morris
Bill Clinton's selection of Al Gore changed forever the calculus presidential candidates need to use in choosing their running mates.
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June 12, 2008
June 12, 2008
McCain, Obama Have Some Base Building to Do By Rhodes Cook
For the first time in 40 years, the Democrats and Republicans are each on the verge of nominating a candidate who failed to attract even half of their party's primary vote.
June 12, 2008
Confidence in War Stabilizes
Forty-three percent of American voters think the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, up 1% from last week, but 41% also believe America is not safer than it was before the 9/11 attacks. The latter is down 1% from the week before.
June 12, 2008
Most Voters Say Lobbyists Part of Any White House Campaign
Nearly three out of five voters (57%) believe it is not possible to run for the presidency without the help of lobbyists and special interest groups, even as the Obama campaign purged itself of an official with ties to the subprime lending crisis.
June 12, 2008
A Challenge Obama Should Accept By Joe Conason
To his credit, John McCain has invited Barack Obama to join him in a national "town hall" tour over the coming months, without the unneeded intrusion of celebrity journalists, network extravaganzas and all of their irrelevant impertinence.
June 12, 2008
On Issues, Obama Poetry Won't Rhyme By Froma Harrop
Barack Obama is such a stand-up guy that he'll stand up twice -- once for each side of an issue. The poetry reading on change and hope is over. Now that he has to talk about real policy, there's little rhyme in the rhythm.
June 12, 2008
Congressional Combat, Continued By Larry J. Sabato
Last December, when we first sketched out the upcoming House elections , we suggested that Democrats were likely to have a good year. Nothing has changed our forecast in the six months since, and if anything, we now see November 2008 as probably the best year Democrats have had in many a moon.
June 12, 2008
Decline of the Senate By Robert Novak
Sen. Arlen Specter, at age 78 suffering from cancer, was feeling miserable Monday following chemotherapy the previous Friday. But believing the best antidote was hard work, Specter took the Senate floor with a speech different in kind from the partisan oratory now customary in the chamber.
June 11, 2008
The Other Forty Percent By Susan Estrich
Everyone knows what the "right" answer is to the question of whether you would be willing to vote for an African-American for president. The "right" answer is yes. What's surprising is not how many people say yes, but how many don't.
June 10, 2008
How Obama Can Win By Dick Morris
Most aspiring presidents and prime ministers face a myriad of challenges as they embark on their journey.
June 10, 2008
61% Say Obama, McCain Wives Influence Vote
Three out of five American voters (61%) say their perception of a presidential candidate’s wife is at least somewhat important to how they vote.
June 10, 2008
Support for Republican Congressional Candidates Falls Sharply
Support for Republican Congressional candidates has fallen sharply in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. The Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found support for Democrats unchanged over the past month.
June 10, 2008
Pro-Choice Democrats and John McCain By Froma Harrop
Hillary Clinton's blessing notwithstanding, many of the New York senator's supporters will resist the handover to Barack Obama. The sexism that permeated the recent campaign still rankles, and John McCain is far from the standard-issue Republican they instinctively vote against.
June 9, 2008
Public Perceptions of Obama and McCain Shifting Rapidly
Rasmussen Reports data shows that public perceptions of both Barack Obama and John McCain are shifting rapidly during Election 2008. That same data suggests perceptions will continue to change through Election Day.
June 9, 2008
77% Like McCain Proposal for Ten Town Hall Debates
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of voters nationwide say John McCain’s call for a series of ten Town Hall debates is a good idea.
June 9, 2008
McCain's Evangelical Problem By Robert Novak
Shortcomings by John McCain's campaign in the art of politics are alienating two organizations of Christian conservatives. James Dobson's Focus on the Family is estranged following the failure of Dobson and McCain to talk out their differences.
June 9, 2008
65% Very Worried Over Rising Food Costs; Half Cutting Back to Afford Food
Sixty-five percent (65%) of American adults are very concerned about rising food prices. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that 50% say they have had to cut back other spending to buy groceries.
June 8, 2008
Voters Give Media Failing Grades in Objectivity for Election 2008
Just 17% of voters nationwide believe that most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of election campaigns. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that four times as many—68%--believe most reporters try to help the candidate that they want to win.
June 8, 2008
30% of Voters Could Change Their Mind Between Now and Election Day—56% Are Women
The first full round of tracking poll interviews after Barack Obama clinched the Democratic Presidential Nomination found that 36% of voters nationwide say they are certain to vote for Obama in November and 34% are certain they will vote for McCain. That leaves a very significant 30% who are not certain to support either of the presumptive nominees.
June 7, 2008
Only 18% Say McCain Should Pick Lieberman for VP
Just 18% of voters believe that John McCain should reach across party lines and select Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman as his Vice-Presidential running mate. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% say he should not offer the job to Lieberman while 40% are not sure.
