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November 1, 2007

Legal Workers’ Confidence Rebounds After September’s Plunge

Legal workers felt more confident in October, as the groups’ Hudson Employment Index (SM) rose 5.9 points to 104.8. Improved financial sentiments and greater job satisfaction were offset with a drop in expected hiring. The group’s latest reading is virtually the same as this time last year, when the Index was 104.0. The composite Index, based on responses from approximately 9,000 workers across all sectors, also rose 3.7 points in October to 100.8.

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November 1, 2007

Fewer IT Workers Satisfied with their Job

IT workers felt less confident in October, as the group’s Hudson Employment Index (SM} slipped 2.9 points to 111.7. Decreased job satisfaction and a weaker sense of job security contributed to the decline. The latest reading, however, is 2.1 points higher than a year ago, when it came in at 109.6. The composite Index, based on responses from approximately 9,000 workers across all sectors, rose 3.7 points in October to 100.8.

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October 31, 2007

Maryland: Clinton 46% Giuliani 41%

New York Senator Hillary Clinton leads former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani by five points in the race for Maryland’s ten Electoral College votes.

October 31, 2007

57% Want Troops Home From Iraq Within Year

A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 57% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year.

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October 31, 2007

Mukasey Confirmation Battle Not Yet Catching Public Attention

Just a couple of weeks ago, Michael B. Mukasey seemed headed for easy confirmation as the nation’s next Attorney General.

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October 31, 2007

64% Believe California Arsonist Should Serve Life in Prison

As the Southern California wildfires continue to blaze, a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 64% of American adults believe the arsonist deserves life in prison.

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October 31, 2007

Americans Doubt Sanctions Against Iran Will Work

The U.S. government recently imposed a raft of new economic sanctions against Iran that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says are a response both to Iran's refusal to stop enriching uranium and to its interference in Iraq.

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October 31, 2007

Hudson Employment Index Rises in October

Ending a two-month skid, the Hudson Employment Index (SM) climbed 3.7 points in October to 100.8.

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October 31, 2007

Where The Republican Primary Stands Now: A Commentary By Douglas Schoen

The Republican Presidential Nomination contest could go any of three or four different directions.

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October 30, 2007

Pennsylvania: Clinton Opens Double Digit Leads

In Pennsylvania, Senator Hillary Clinton has opened a double digit lead over four Republican Presidential candidates.

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October 30, 2007

Virginia Senate: Warner 53% Gilmore 37%

In the 2008 race for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat, a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Democrat Mark Warner leading Republican Jim Gilmore 53% to 37%.

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October 30, 2007

Virginia: Giuliani 46% Clinton 43%

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Virginia voters finds Rudy Giuliani with a three-percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton in the race for the state’s Electoral Votes.

October 30, 2007

77% See Hillary as Likely Nominee

Seventy-seven percent (77%) of American adults say that New York Senator Hillary Clinton is at least somewhat likely to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2008.

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October 30, 2007

47% Say Congress Doing a Poor Job

The U.S. Congress has done little in recent weeks to improve perceptions of its performance. Just 16% of likely think it's doing an Excellent (2%) or Good (14%) job, while 35% are willing to call the legislature's performance Fair.

October 30, 2007

Stephen Colbert Tops Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich in Presidential Poll

Fresh from a victorious interview on "Meet the Press," Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert continues to out-pun pundits and expectorate political expectations with his half-sincere, three-quarters-book-promoting campaign for the presidency.

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October 29, 2007

Small Business Economic Confidence Continues to Fall

Economic confidence among small business owners continued to fall in October as many expressed increased pessimism about both the future of their own businesses and the U.S. economy in general, according to the Discover(R) Small Business Watch(SM), a monthly survey of 1,000 small businesses with five or fewer employees.

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October 29, 2007

Why is Giuliani Seen as the Most Electable Candidate?

Is Rudy Giuliani leading the GOP race because he is perceived to be the party’s best general election candidate?

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October 29, 2007

The Unifying Theme of Election 2008: Hillary Clinton

There are three separate races making up the Election 2008 Presidential competition: the race for the Democratic nomination, the race for the Republican nomination, and the general election. All three share one unifying theme—Hillary Clinton.

October 28, 2007

Giuliani Tops Edwards by One Percentage Point; Thompson Lags by Nine

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani holding a statistically insignificant one-point lead over former North Carolina Senator John Edwards.

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October 28, 2007

Poll Matching Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul Tells A Lot About Clinton, Little About Paul

A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey featuring a match-up between Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul highlights one of the perils that comes from overanalyzing poll results between candidates with different levels of name recognition.