Like Michelle Obama, I am a "woman of color." Like Michelle Obama, I am a working mother of two young children. Like Michelle Obama, I am a member of the 13th generation of Americans born since the founding of our great nation.
On the morning after his big victory in Wisconsin, Rasmussen Markets data showed that Barack Obama had a 79% chance of winning the Democratic Presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton’s prospects had fallen to just 20%.
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 61% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year.
Despite the hard contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, party leaders keep telling Democratic-leaning voters that they have two good candidates. They are right, but one of them may well be a Republican.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Oregon voters found Republican Incumbent Senator Gordon Smith with leads over his Democratic challengers.
The uncertain economy may be hitting home with Americans, as they continue to lose confidence in their personal level of financial security. The COUNTRY Financial Security Index recorded its second consecutive decline, slipping .3 points in February to 68.5.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found Al Franken slightly ahead of incumbent Senator Norm Coleman in what is likely to be a closely contested campaign. Franken, a former comedian and political commentator, leads Coleman 49% to 46%.
In Minnesota, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows John McCain leading Hillary Clinton by five percentage points, 47% to 42%.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Florida shows John McCain holding a six-percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton and an even larger lead—sixteen percentage points—over Barack Obama.
National polling for the seven days ending February 17 shows that Barack Obama is viewed favorably by 55% of American voters. John McCain is viewed favorably by 51% and Hillary Clinton by 45%.
Most Americans might have a difficult time sorting through the nuances of the Congressional debate over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but they are a bit more likely to trust Democrats in Congress than President Bush on the topic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A closed-door caucus of House Democrats last Wednesday took a risky political course. By four to one, they instructed Speaker Nancy Pelosi to call President Bush's bluff on extending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to continue eavesdropping on suspected foreign terrorists. Rather than passing the bill with a minority of the House's Democratic majority, Pelosi obeyed her caucus and left town for a 12-day recess without renewing the government's eroding intelligence capability.
Presidents’ Day can lay claim to being one of the nation’s oldest holidays, tracing its heritage all the way back to the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth century when people across the land celebrated the birthday of Revolutionary War Hero and the nation’s first President, George Washington.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that, if the Congressional Election were held today, 44% of American voters say they would vote for the Democrat in their district and 40% would opt for the Republican
Who was it that defined neurosis as repeating the same mistake again and again, and expecting a better outcome each time?
Seventy-one percent (71%) of the nation’s voters say they would be willing to vote for a woman for President. Seventeen percent (17%) say they would not and 11% are not sure.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone poll in Oregon shows John McCain leading Hillary Clinton 45% to 42%.
In an early look at potential general election Presidential match-ups in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama leads John McCain while McCain is in a toss-up with Hillary Clinton.
The economy has emerged as a top voting issue for Election 2008, but that broad topic means different things to different people.
In Wisconsin’s Republican Presidential Primary, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds John McCain attracting 51% of the vote and holding a twenty-one point lead.
