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                            January 29, 2008Hudson 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.
January 29, 2008Passion Gap: Democrats More Committed to Candidates Than Republicans
  
Thirty-four percent (34%) of Americans say they are passionately and deeply committed to one of the Presidential candidates this year. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of Democrats are that passionate, but only 28% have the same level of deep commitment to a candidate.
January 29, 2008Economic Stimulus Package Gets Lukewarm Reception From Voters
  
Forty-one percent (41%) of American voters favor the economic stimulus package agreed to by the President and the House of Representatives. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 26% oppose it while 33% are not sure.
January 28, 2008Florida: Clinton 47% Obama 25%
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Florida finds Senator Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by nineteen percentage points, 47% to 25%. 
January 28, 2008Obama - And Kennedy -Raise the Stakes: A Commentary by Dick Morris
  
Barack Obama used his victory in South Carolina to change the dialogue with the Clintons in the presidential race. He has taken Hillary’s and Bill’s attempt to use the race issue and replied with a clever move. He has basically called their bluff.

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                            January 28, 2008Strange to Say, But John McCain is the Republican Frontrunner
  
Strange as it may seem to many who wrote off John McCain last summer, the Arizona Senator is now the frontrunner the Republican Presidential nomination (a fact that sends chills down the spine of many conservative activists and pundits). 
January 28, 2008Hillary's Brown Firewall: A Commentary by Robert D. Novak
  
LOS ANGELES -- Sen. Hillary Clinton is relying on the big Latino vote as her firewall to prevent losing the California Democratic primary Feb. 5, the most important of 22 states contested on Mega Tuesday. But that reliance, say both pro-Clinton and anti-Clinton Democrats, is fraught with peril for the Democratic Party's coalition by threatening to alienate its essential African-American component. 
January 28, 2008Maybe Something Really Has Changed in the Race for the Democratic Nomination
  
Barack Obama’s landslide victory in South Carolina was expected. So were most of the details including the huge gap along racial lines. 
January 27, 2008Florida: Clinton 44% Obama 25%
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Florida finds Senator Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by nineteen percentage points, 44% to 25%. Earlier this week, Clinton held a twenty-five point advantage, 51% to 26%. 

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                            January 27, 2008Florida: Romney 33% McCain 27%
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Florida shows former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney earning 33% of the vote while Arizona Senator John McCain attracts 27%.

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                            January 26, 2008Obama Wins South Carolina
  
Barack Obama won South Carolina’s Democratic Presidential Primary by an overwhelming margin on Saturday. 
January 26, 200840% See Economy as Top Voting Issue
  
Forty percent (40%) of voters now see the economy as the most important voting issue of Election 2008. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that nothing else comes close. 
January 26, 2008Bill Clinton's Temper Negatively Affects Hillary's Campaign: A Commentary by Dick Morris
  
Unfortunately, I’ve seen it all before.That picture of the seething, red-faced former president of the United States shaking his finger at members of the press who dare to question his wife’s slimy campaign tactics, is all too familiar to those who have worked closely with him in the past.
January 25, 2008Missouri: Huckabee 27% McCain 26%
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Missouri shows Mike Huckabee and John McCain essentially tied for the lead among the Show-Me State’s Likely Republican Primary Voters. Huckabee attracts 27% of the vote while McCain earns 26%. 
January 25, 2008Missouri: Clinton 43% Obama 24%
  
Hillary Clinton enjoys a nineteen percentage point lead over Barack Obama in Missouri’s Democratic Presidential Primary. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the state shows Clinton earning 43% of the vote while Obama attracts 24%. 
January 25, 2008Alabama: Clinton 43% Obama 28%
  
While the nation is focused on the upcoming Democratic Primary in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama by fifteen percentage points in Alabama’s Democratic Presidential Primary. It’s Clinton 43% Obama 28% and John Edwards a distant third at 16%. 
January 25, 2008Capitalism Doesn't Work, Mr. Gates? A Commentary by Lawrence Kudlow
  
Bill Gates, bloviating at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is issuing a clarion call for a "kinder capitalism" to aid the world's poor. Gates says he has grown impatient with the shortcomings of capitalism. He thinks it's failing much of the world. This, of course, from a guy who's worth around $35 billion (give or take a billion). 
January 25, 2008Despite Minor Gains Romney Still Trails Obama, Clinton
  
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, currently leading in the tight contest for the Florida Republican primary, continues to trail both top Democratic aspirants in a new Rasmussen Reports poll of the general election.
January 25, 2008Clinton 47% McCain 45%; Obama 46% McCain 41%
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds New York Senator Hillary Clinton with a two-point advantage over Arizona Senator John McCain in the race for the White House. It’s Clinton 47% McCain 45%. 

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                            January 25, 2008Alabama: McCain, Huckabee Tied
  
John McCain and Mike Huckabee are tied for the lead in Alabama’s Republican Presidential Primary. McCain and Huckabee each attract 27% support while Mitt Romney is a distant third at 15%. Rudy Giuliani is the choice for 8% while Ron Paul is supported by 3% and 20% are not sure.