It may gall Republican voters to even think about the possibility, but Hillary Clinton’s success in the Iowa caucuses may play a decisive role in selecting the 2008 Republican Presidential nominee.
In the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination, October presented much the same tale as the six preceding months.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of voters nationwide believe that Senator Hillary Clinton is Very Likely to be the Democratic Presidential nominee in 2008.
As Kentucky voters prepare to go to the polls next week, they appear ready to elect a new Governor.
George W. Bush won Kentucky’s Electoral College votes by twenty percentage points in Election 2004 and fifteen points in Election 2000. But, the race for the state’s eight Electoral College Votes might be more competitive in 2008.
An early look at the 2008 Senate race in Kentucky shows mixed results for incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell.
John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, tops Arizona Senator John McCain 47% to 38% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey The same poll also shows Edwards with the double-digit lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney of 50% to 34%.
Worker confidence was unchanged in Boston in October, as the city’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) held steady at 93.3.
Workers in Texas were less confident in October, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) fell 3.1 points to 123.1.
Ohio worker confidence slipped for the second consecutive month, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) dropped 2.6 points to 97.1.
Confidence among manufacturing workers rose in October, as the sector’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) gained five points to 87.8.
Although worker confidence continued to weaken among African-Americans workers in October, Hispanics experienced a boost of confidence.
Worker confidence continued sinking in Minneapolis-St. Paul in October, as the market’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) fell 6.2 points to 88.9.
The Hudson Employment Index(SM) for Atlanta rose in October, climbing 5.6 points to 108.7.
The Hudson Employment Index(SM) for Los Angeles inched up one point to 94.3 in October.
California workers gained confidence for the second consecutive month, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) rose 6.2 points to 108.4 in October.
Worker confidence fell for the fifth consecutive month in San Francisco, as the city’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) dropped 5.1 points in October to 88.4.
The Hudson Employment Index(SM) for Washington, D.C. edged up 1.8 points in October to 108.8.
The Hudson Employment Index(SM) for healthcare workers rose 5.4 points to 104.7 in October. The latest Index is one point shy of last October’s reading of 105.7.
For the fourth month in a row, confidence among workers in Chicago rose as the city’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) increased 3.7 points to 97.4.
