60% Want Troops Home from Iraq Within a Year
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 60% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year.
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February 12, 2008
February 12, 2008
Potomac Primary: Expectations High for Obama and McCain
Expectations are high this Tuesday morning for Senators Barack Obama and John McCain as they compete for delegates along the Potomac River. For Obama, Tuesday’s Primaries offer a chance to continue a winning streak that included wins over the weekend in Washington, Nebraska, Louisiana, the Virgin Islands, and Maine.
February 11, 2008
Obama, the Democratic Nominee? Yes He Can!: A Commentary By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
I believe that Barack Obama will defeat Hillary and win the Democratic nomination. I think that this weekend's victories in states as diverse as Washington State, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Maine illustrates his national appeal and demonstrates Hillary's inability to win in states without large immigrant and Latino populations.
February 11, 2008
Clinton or Obama? Who Fares Best Against McCain?
As Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton settle in for a long contest that may not end until the Democratic convention, many conversations naturally drift to the question of which candidate would fare better against likely Republican nominee John McCain.
February 11, 2008
Delegate Math Favors McCain
John McCain heads into Super Tuesday with 93 delegates from earlier victories and is likely to pick up far more delegates than any of his challengers on that momentous day.
February 11, 2008
Clinton or Obama? Who Fares Best Against McCain?
As Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton settle in for a long contest that may not end until the Democratic convention, many conversations naturally drift to the question of which candidate would fare better against likely Republican nominee John McCain.
February 11, 2008
Race for Democratic Nomination Nationally Is Now a Toss-Up
Last week, Rasmussen Reports noted that something might have changed in the Democratic race following Obama’s huge victory in South Carolina and high profile endorsements from the Kennedy clan.
February 11, 2008
Discover (R) U.S. Spending Monitor (SM) Drops Four Points
With the passing of the holiday shopping season, consumers are expecting to scale back their spending in January, as ratings of the economy and their personal finances worsened.
February 11, 2008
Rasmussen Market Update: Expectations of Obama Victory Rise Sharply
Expectations that Barack Obama will be the Democratic Presidential nominee soared following the Senator’s weekend string of victories in Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington, and Maine. As of Monday morning, Rasmussen Markets data gave Obama a 70% chance of representing the Democratic Party in November’s election.
February 11, 2008
Public Struggles With Scale of Federal Budget
Given four choices as to the size of the federal budget presented by the President last week, 39% of American voters did not offer any answer, 36% guessed wrong, and just 24% knew the answer--$3.1 trillion dollars.
February 11, 2008
The Bradley Effect?: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Which Democrat really won Super Tuesday? Thanks to the Democratic Party's proportional representation, it is not easy to say a week later. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama ran a virtual dead heat for delegates that day in 22 states clearly stacked in Obama's favor. But the way Obama lost California raises the specter of the dreaded Bradley Effect.
February 10, 2008
Confidence in War on Terror Grows to Highest Level in Three Years
The latest Rasmussen Reports tracking poll finds that 49% of Americans now say the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror (see crosstabs). That’s up from 43% a month ago and is the highest level of confidence measured in more than three years.
February 10, 2008
Colin Powell: Most Valuable Endorsement
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that voters are not likely to be impressed by high profile political endorsements.
February 9, 2008
The Verdict of Super Tuesday: A Commentary by Michael Barone
Well, Super Tuesday is over, and now we have two major party presidential nominees. That's the lead sentence I thought five weeks ago I'd be writing for this column. But the 33-day round of caucuses and primaries that seemed likely to produce decisions after 23 states voted on Super Tuesday have failed to deliver.
February 9, 2008
Maryland: Obama 57% Clinton 31%
In Maryland, Barack Obama appears headed for a large victory over Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race shows Obama with 57% of the vote and Clinton twenty-six percentage points behind at 31%.
February 9, 2008
Virginia: Obama 55% Clinton 37%
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Virginia shows Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton by eighteen percentage points. Obama earns 55% of the vote while Clinton attracts 37%.
February 9, 2008
McCain at CPAC: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. John McCain's managers, fearing an unfavorable reaction at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, wanted to precede his speech with a video of Ronald Reagan praising McCain.
February 9, 2008
Barack's Road To Victory: A Commentary by Dick Morris
Is Hillary Clinton bi-coastal? Can she win in America's heartland? These questions surface in the wake of her victories in New York-New Jersey-Massachusetts and in California-Arizona and her defeats everywhere else except in her former native state of Arkansas and its two next-door neighbors, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
February 8, 2008
A Nation Worried About Its Future and Searching For Leadership: The Context for Election 2008
As the general election campaign season draws near, just 38% of American voters say they are better off than they were four years ago. Fifty-two percent (52%) say they are not. And that’s one of the more upbeat indicators of the public mood.
February 8, 2008
Bernanke's Next Challenge: A Commentary by Lawrence Kudlow
Charlie Plosser, president of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, warned this week about the risks of inflation, overly aggressive interest-rate cuts and further damage being done to the Fed's credibility. I agree with Plosser.
