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September 14, 2011

The King Dollar Frontrunners By Lawrence Kudlow

Watching the two GOP frontrunners in last night’s debate -- Mitt Romney and Rick Perry -- a couple of policy points jumped out at me.

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September 14, 2011

Is It Still Good to be the King? By Tony Blankley

Since the end of World War II, in both the United States and Western Europe, the best way to win a national election has been to be the incumbent political party. But that 3-generation-old predisposition of publics in Western democracies may be coming to an end.

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September 14, 2011

Pressure for Third-Party Candidate Comes From Those Who Want Less Federal Spending

Some people think there is room for a radical centrist presidential candidate who would hold views somewhere between the views of President Obama and whoever the Republicans nominate to oppose him.

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September 13, 2011

Election 2012: Generic Republican 47%, Obama 42%

A generic Republican candidate holds a five-point advantage over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up for the week ending Sunday, September 11.  This is the 10th week in a row the Republican has led the incumbent. 

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September 13, 2011

Voters Remain Pessimistic About Iraq, Afghanistan

Confidence among U.S. voters that the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan will get better in the near future remains near all-time lows.

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September 13, 2011

53% See Third-Party Candidate As Likely President in Next 10 to 12 Years

Voters see little chance of a third-party candidate being elected president next year, but most think one has a shot at the White House a little further down the road.

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September 13, 2011

Romney 43%, Obama 40%

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now holds a sliver of a lead over President Obama in a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup.

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September 13, 2011

Disapproval, of Course, Is a Relative Thing By Froma Harrop

If the 2012 election were held today, Republicans could very well have their heads handed to them. I do not think this alone. Their debt-ceiling high jinks were no doubt immensely amusing to the tea party fringe, but to those of us not getting the joke, they were an appalling attack on a fragile economy.

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September 13, 2011

41% Say America's Allies Put It In Greater Danger

A plurality of adults nationwide thinks America’s allies are bad for the country.

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September 12, 2011

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 38%

Republicans post a five-point advantage over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, September 11. The GOP has led on the ballot every week since June 2009.

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September 12, 2011

Voters See Congressional GOP as More Partisan Than Democrats

Most voters continue to lack confidence in members of Congress reaching across the political aisle, but they feel Democrats are doing a better job at bipartisanship than Republicans are.

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September 12, 2011

50% Say U.S. Safer Today Than Before 9/11

One-out-of-two voters are confident that America is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

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September 12, 2011

38% Favor Obama Jobs Plan, 36% Oppose

Voters think Congress may pass at least some of President Obama’s latest jobs plan but have much more confidence in reducing government regulations to create new jobs.

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September 12, 2011

Obama Buys the Drinks That Other Guys Pay For By Michael Barone

What is there to say about Barack Obama's speech to Congress Thursday night and the so-called American Jobs Act he said Congress must pass? Several thoughts occur, all starting with P.

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September 12, 2011

Just 21% Say 9/11-Driven Mission in Afghanistan Has Been Accomplished

Less than one month after the September 11, 2001 attacks, President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Afghanistan to end that country’s harboring of al Qaeda terrorists training against the United States. Nearly 10 years later, with Afghanistan now America’s longest war, most Americans think that mission remains unfinished.

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September 11, 2011

Scott to Host Special Episode of "The Rasmussen Report" on Radio Today

The Rasmussen Report airs live today at 3:06 pm on WMAL/630AM in Washington, WLS/890AM in Chicago, and online everywhere. Join Scott for a powerful interview with a young woman who was on the 64th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center when the planes hit.

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September 11, 2011

34% Say 9/11 Directly Impacted Their Family or Friends

One-in-three Americans (34%) say their family or friends have been directly impacted by the events that took place on September 11, 2001, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of adults say their family or friends have not been directly affected by the events of that horrific day.

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September 11, 2011

66% Think America Has Changed for the Worse Since 9/11

More Americans than ever believe the nation has changed for the worse since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but most also still think the world would be a better place if more countries were like the United States.

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September 10, 2011

10 Years After 9/11: 50% See al Qaeda as Weaker, But 61% Think Another Attack Likely

As Americans nationwide recognize the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, they do so feeling stronger than ever that the organization behind those attacks is being defeated.

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September 10, 2011

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 10, 2011

This past week may well have been a preview of the headlines for months to come, with Texas Governor Rick Perry coming out swinging on the national stage and President Obama trying once more to give the struggling economy a shot in the arm. Whether Obama can get his new jobs plan to work may go a long way toward determining whether he keeps his job for another four years.