Worker confidence, as measured by the monthly Hudson Employment Index (SM), decreased in four out of seven industry sectors in January 2008. Confidence among African Americans suffered the biggest drop, plummeting 19.6 points to 67.5, the lowest of all the January readings.
The troop-bashers in Berkeley are at it once more. But this time, the rest of America lashed back. Message to the Left Coast: It's not the 1960s anymore.
While Super Tuesday confirmed John McCain as the likely Republican Presidential Nominee, it left the Democratic race unsettled. Amazingly enough, after all the rush of states to move their primaries up on the calendar, it now appears that states voting after the big February 5 event will have a bigger impact in terms of deciding the nominee.
The race to determine the Republican Presidential Nominee effectively ended on Super Tuesday. As expected, John McCain won the delegate-rich winner-take-all states of New York, New Jersey, Missouri, Arizona, Connecticut, and Delaware.
During January, the media attention focused on battles within the nation’s leading political parties—Obama vs. Clinton vs. Edwards and McCain vs. Romney vs. Huckabee. But, during the first month of voting in Election 2008, the message going out to millions of Americans provided a solid boost for the Democratic brand.
A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that most adults believe that a Microsoft-Yahoo takeover would be good for the economy. Sixty-percent (60%) share this view, while only 6% disagree and 33% are not sure.
In a story line that no one could have predicted a few months ago, John McCain is expected to emerge from Super Tuesday as the big winner.
Heading into Super Tuesday, Senator Barack Obama has momentum and appears to be gaining ground on Senator Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.
President Bush's new budget will top $3 trillion. It envisions massive deficits for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 -- nearly matching the record in 2004, when the federal budget went $412 billion into the hole.
As we approach Super Tuesday, Barack Obama has been surging all week - closing the enormous gap he once faced in most key states. But his momentum has yet to carry him over the top.
As the Super Tuesday campaigning winds down, New York Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead in neighboring New Jersey has fallen to single digits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Terrence McAuliffe, the multimillionaire wheeler-dealer imposed by the Clintons on the Democratic National Committee as its chairman after the 2000 election, quickly paid back his benefactors. He designed a front-loaded primary system intended to confirm Sen. Hillary Clinton as presidential nominee by Feb. 5. Contrary to expectations, however, no choice will be made for months and perhaps not until the national convention at Denver in late August.
Forty-eight percent (48%) of football fans got their wish on Sunday night when the New York Giants upset the undefeated New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
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.
In California, Republican Primary Voters are evenly divided between John McCain and Mitt Romney.
In California’s Democratic Presidential Primary, Barack Obama now holds a statistically insignificant one-point lead over Hillary Clinton.
In Georgia’s Democratic Presidential Primary, Barack Obama has taken command of the race. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Obama with 52% support while Clinton attracts 37%.
Even after receiving the endorsement of Georgia’s two United States Senators, John McCain finds himself in a tight three-way race in that Southern State’s Primary. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds McCain attracting 31% of the vote while Mitt Romney picks up 29% and Mike Huckabee gets 28%.
As the federal government acts to head off a recession, 80% of likely American voters tell Rasmussen Reports that the Economy is of top importance to them as an electoral issue.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Arizona shows a tight race with Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by five percentage points.
