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February 14, 2008

Nevada: Obama 50% McCain 38%

Nevada has cast its Electoral College Votes for the winning candidate in seven straight Presidential Elections. The last four have been very competitive with nobody carrying the state by more than four percent of the popular vote.

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February 14, 2008

Colorado Senate: Schaffer 44% Udall 43%

The tight race for Colorado’s open United States Senate seat has remained virtually unchanged over the past two months.

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February 14, 2008

Ohio: Clinton 51% Obama 37%

New York Senator Hillary Clinton leads Illinois Senator Barack Obama by fourteen percentage points in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the Ohio Democratic Presidential Primary. Clinton currently earns 51% of the Buckeye State vote while Obama attracts 37%.

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February 14, 2008

Wisconsin: Obama 47% Clinton 43%

The Democratic Presidential Primary in Wisconsin may be the most competitive contest between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton since Super Tuesday. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows Obama with a narrow four-point advantage over Clinton, 47% to 43%.

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February 14, 2008

What's Waiting for Obama: A Commentary by Joe Conason

For the next month or so, the conservative valentines will arrive every day at the headquarters of Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

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February 14, 2008

The Case for McCain: A Commentary by Lawrence Kudlow

Some things in life are quite simple. Here's one of them: Sen. John McCain is going to be our next president.

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February 14, 2008

18% Dread Valentine’s Day

A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% of adults are looking forward to Valentine’s Day while 18% are dreading it. Thirty-seven percent (37%) are neither dreading nor looking forward to February 14th.

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February 13, 2008

Missouri Governor: Nixon Leads Republican Challengers

Attorney General Jay Nixon leads two Republican challengers by double-digit margins in his bid to become the next Governor of Missouri.The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the state finds Nixon leading state Treasurer Sarah Steelman 46% to 35%.

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February 13, 2008

Missouri: Toss-Up Between McCain and Either Obama or Clinton

Missouri is a classic swing state in Presidential Elections that almost always awards its Electoral College Votes to the candidate who wins the White House. George W. Bush won those 11 Electoral Votes four years ago by winning the popular vote 53% to 46%.

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February 13, 2008

Colorado: Obama Leads McCain, McCain Leads Clinton

Colorado’s Electoral College votes have ended up in the Republican column for the past three Presidential election, but it has always been competitive.

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February 13, 2008

New Hampshire: Obama 49% McCain 36%; Clinton 43% McCain 41%

New Hampshire’s biggest claim to fame in Presidential politics is its historic role as host to the first-in-the-nation Primary. However, it’s also become a hotly contested swing state in general elections offering Electoral College votes to the winner.

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February 13, 2008

Missouri: Huckabee 45% Clinton 43%; In Governor's Race, Nixon Over Blunt by Five

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has a slight edge over leading Democrats in the race for Missouri’s Electoral College Votes.

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February 13, 2008

Why Hillary Will Lose: A Commentary by Dick Morris

Hillary Clinton has blown an almost sure shot at the Democratic presidential nomination. Having surrendered the lead to Obama, she is not likely ever to regain it.

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February 13, 2008

New Hampshire Senate: Shaheen 49% Sununu 41%

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in New Hampshire found former Governor Jeanne Shaheen leading incumbent Senator John E. Sununu in the race for New Hampshire’s United States Senate seat. It’s Shaheen 49%, Sununu 41%.

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February 13, 2008

Rasmussen Markets Update: Potomac Primary Has Little Impact

Barack Obama and John McCain rolled up big victories in the “Potomac Primary” yesterday, but it had little impact on their prospects for the nomination.

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February 13, 2008

Beware What You Wish For: A Commentary by Susan Estrich

A century ago, actually about 26 years ago, the powers in the Democratic Party decided it was time to take back control of the nominating process from the often derided crazies who had been leading the Party straight down the tubes with their choices of McGovern and Carter. Of course, Carter did win, but that was in 1976.

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February 13, 2008

Congress: 15% Good or Excellent, 46% Poor

Just 15% of American voters say that Congress is doing a good or an excellent job. A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 46% now give Congress a poor rating. Bleak as those figures are, they reflect a modest improvement from a month ago when just 13% were willing to give the legislators good or excellent marks for their efforts.

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February 12, 2008

In the Game of Hiring, Flexible Employers Win

NEW YORK, NY, Feb 12, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Nearly a third (29 percent) of US workers now consider work-life balance and flexibility to be the most important factor in considering job offers, according to a new Hudson survey.

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February 12, 2008

Hudson Employment Index(SM) Remains at Record Low in January

The Hudson Employment Index(SM) held steady in January as worker confidence decreased by only three-tenths of a point to 89.0.

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February 12, 2008

Treating Nature-Deficit Disorder: A Commentary by Froma Harrop

Attendance has been falling at America's National Parks since 1987. Blame videophilia, says a Nature Conservancy report.