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February 15, 2024Notes on the State of the Senate By J. Miles Coleman
Analyzing Hogan’s entry in Maryland; deciphering action out west; the 2024 Democratic downside risk.KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE–Last week, national Republicans got their best possible Senate recruit in deep blue Maryland, with former Gov. Larry Hogan.
–Though Hogan will be hard pressed to actually win, as has been the case with some other recent “crossover” governors who’ve run in Senate races, his candidacy is notable enough that it moves Maryland onto the periphery of the competitive map.
–In Montana, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R, MT-2) finally entered his state’s Senate contest, setting up a primary with Tim Sheehy, who national Republicans prefer.
— In Arizona, Kari Lake, a pro-Trump election denier, received the nod from national Republicans, though Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-AZ) plans are still not known.
— With Democrats being so exposed this cycle—they hold roughly two-thirds of the Senate seats that will be up—it’ll be important for them to minimize their losses.

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                            February 14, 202478% of Democrats Want Trump’s Name Off the Ballot
Democrats overwhelmingly approve of states removing former President Donald Trump’s name from 2024 election ballots.

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                            February 14, 2024Skewed News By John Stossel
On CNN, a "reporter" interviewing Vice President Kamala Harris gushes, "I'm struck, just in your presence! Looking you in the eye, with your passion ... "
Really?

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                            February 13, 2024GOP Maintains Wide Lead on Crime Issue
Nine months ahead of Election Day, the Republican Party holds a wide advantage over Democrats in terms of who voters trust more to deal with the issue of crime.

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                            February 13, 2024Vladimir Putin -- A Passive Aggressor By Daniel McCarthy
Vladimir Putin is fighting a war he can't win against forces he doesn't understand.

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                            February 13, 2024What’s Best for Valentine’s Day? (Hint: Not Chocolate or Flowers)
As Valentine’s Day arrives, most Americans would like to celebrate the romantic occasion with dinner for two.

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                            February 12, 202429% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending February 8, 2024.

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                            February 12, 2024R-E-S-P-E-C-T? Trump Dominates Biden
Among recent presidents and their chief rivals, former President Donald Trump is most respected by voters.

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                            February 10, 2024What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 10, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            February 9, 2024Fans Expect Chiefs to Win Super Bowl LVIII
The Kansas City Chiefs – and their celebrity fan Taylor Swift – are favorites to win Sunday’s Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers.

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                            February 9, 2024Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Jumps in February
Economic confidence increased to 110.0 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, eight points higher than January. This is the fourth consecutive monthly increase in the index.

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                            February 9, 2024Toward a Demotic Republican Party By Michael Barone
   What happens when a political party becomes demotic? Before answering the question, note that the word in question is not demonic, from the Greek word daimon, meaning a deity (remember that the Greek gods were notoriously jealous and greedy), but demotic, from the Greek word demos, meaning the people -- the same root as democratic.

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                            February 8, 2024Most Voters See Middle East as ‘Major Crisis,’ Blame Biden
There is a “major crisis” in the Middle East, according to a majority of voters who agree with a former Trump administration official who blames President Joe Biden’s policy for the problem.
February 8, 2024The Race for the House, Part Two By Kyle Kondik
Rating changes in 7 districts a mixed bag for each party; previewing the NY-3 special.KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— We are making 7 House rating changes this week, with 4 benefiting Democrats and 3 benefiting Republicans.
— Republicans continue to be closer to the magic number of 218 in our ratings than Democrats, but there are enough Toss-up races that we broadly consider the race for the House to be a Toss-up overall.
— The NY-3 special remains highly competitive less than a week before the election.

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                            February 7, 202443% Still See Opioid Problem Getting Worse
By a 3-to-1 margin, more Americans say the problem of opioid drug abuse has gotten worse in the past year than think it's gotten better..

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                            February 7, 202455% View Genocide Charge Against Israel as ‘Outrageous’
American voters now have a less favorable view of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than they did a few months ago, but agree with him that it is “outrageous” to accuse Israel of genocide against Palestinians.

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                            February 7, 2024AI Is Coming for Your Job? By John Stossel
The media warn, "Artificial intelligence will replace millions of jobs."

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                            February 6, 202452% of Voters Approve of Mayorkas Impeachment
As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on impeaching Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a narrow majority of voters favor the impeachment.

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                            February 6, 2024Is Taylor Swift Trouble for Trump?  By Daniel McCarthy
   She's just won the Grammy for album of the year.

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                            February 6, 2024Biden's War Against the Internet By Stephen Moore
It's a miracle of private sector innovation and the magic of the free enterprise system that technologies that were only the playthings of the super-rich a generation ago are now available and affordable to almost all Americans.