Obama Speech Grades: 51% Good or Excellent, 26% Fair, 21% Poor
Eighty-four percent (84%) of America’s Likely Voters say they have seen or heard at least some portion of Barack Obama’s Tuesday morning speech on race and national unity.
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March 21, 2008
March 21, 2008
TMI By Susan Estrich
TMI stands for Too Much Information. That's how I feel about David Patterson and his sex life. I know more than I want to know, or need to know, about whom he's slept with and why, and when, and about whom his wife slept with, and who was getting even with whom, and when it stopped.
March 21, 2008
78% Say Other Investment Firms Likely to Suffer Bear Sterns Fate
Just 11% of Americans are very confident about the financial stability of the nation’s banking system. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that another 43% are somewhat confident.
March 21, 2008
New Hampshire: Shaheen 49% Sununu 41%
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of New Hampshire voters found no change in the race for the United States Senate over the past month. Once again, Democratic challenger Jeanne Shaheen leads Republican incumbent John Sununu 49% to 41%. In September, Shaheen led 48% to 43%.
March 20, 2008
Iraq: Five Years Later
Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of the War in Iraq. A Rasmussen Reports video analysis looks at what the candidates had to say and provides context with the latest polling data.
March 20, 2008
West Virginia: Clinton 55% Obama 27%
Looking down the road to May 13, Senator Hillary Clinton holds a huge lead over Senator Barack Obama in the West Virginia Presidential Primary.
March 20, 2008
The Impact of Pastor Wright and THE SPEECH on Election 2008
Two days after Barack Obama gave the most important speech of his life, it remains unclear what impact the controversy over Pastor Jeremiah Wright will have on the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.
March 20, 2008
The Folks Who Brought You Iraq By Joe Conason
"Well, that's history. That's the past. That's talking about what happened before. What we should be talking about is what we're going to do now."
March 20, 2008
Was Bear Stearns the Sacrificial Lamb? By Larry Kudlow
Did Bear Stearns really need to go down in flames? It's a question that needs to be asked, and my answer is no.
March 20, 2008
Massachusetts: Clinton Leads McCain by 19, Obama Leads by 7
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Massachusetts shows Hillary Clinton leading John McCain 54% to 39%. However, if Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee, the race is more competitive—Obama 49% McCain 42%.
March 20, 2008
The Crapshoot of Presidential Politics By Larry Sabato
This week's detour into the murk of racial politics underlines that it's going to be a long, hard slog on the Democratic side.
March 20, 2008
Divides Obama Doesn't Bridge By Froma Harrop
In distancing himself from the heated remarks of his pastor, Barack Obama did as well as anyone could do in his position. The problem is his position, which is having sat in the reverend's pews for 20 years without thinking to pick up and leave.
March 20, 2008
Finance's "New Day" By Robert Novak
The Federal Reserve's unprecedented bailout of Bear Stearns was crafted not at the White House or Treasury, but in secret by a New York central banker whose name is unknown to Washington power brokers and was a Clinton administration presidential appointee.
March 19, 2008
28% Say Spring is Favorite Time of Year
As spring is officially set to begin this week, 28% say the upcoming season is their favorite time of year. That’s similar to the 33% who label summer as their favorite season and identical to the 28% who name the fall as their best months.
March 19, 2008
Colorado: McCain, Obama Tied
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Colorado shows McCain tied with Barack Obama at 46% while enjoying a 52% to 38% advantage over Hillary Clinton. Compared to polling from a month ago, McCain has gained ground on Obama while retaining a consistent lead over Clinton.
March 19, 2008
New Hampshire: McCain 46% Obama 43%
Since wrapping up the Republican nomination, John McCain’s general election prospects have improved against Barack Obama in New Hampshire.
March 19, 2008
Pastor Wright: This Too Shall Pass by Dick Morris
Will the Gospel According to Jeremiah Wright sink the Obama candidacy? Not very likely.
March 19, 2008
The Speech: by Susan Estrich
It was an eloquent and powerful speech. But Barack Obama's inspirational oratory left one fundamental question unanswered, at least for this white American -- although judging by the reactions I've been hearing on local radio, for many others, as well.
March 19, 2008
Say Goodbye to the Glowbama Mystique By Michelle Malkin
Barack Obama -- the self-anointed soul-fixing, nation-healing political Messiah -- has lost his glow. That is the takeaway from the beleaguered Democratic presidential candidate's "major" speech in Philadelphia yesterday.
March 18, 2008
Colorado Senate: Udall 46% Schaffer 43%
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Colorado found that the state’s U.S. Senate race remains very close early in the general election campaign. Democrat Mark Udall now holds a very modest advantage over Republican Bob Schaffer, 46% to 43%.
