BP has replaced its CEO as fallout from the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico continues, but 42% believe the government would have done a worse job responding to the leak if it has been in charge of the oil company.
In the last fortnight: 1) The NAACP called the tea party racists; 2)
Andrew Breitbart called the NAACP racist; 3) Shirley Sherrod called
Republican opponents of Obamacare racists; 4) Secretary of Agriculture Tom
Vilsack called Shirley Sherrod racist; 5) many in mainstream media called
Andrew Breitbart racist; 6) Howard Dean called Fox racist; and, 7) it was
revealed that liberal journalist Spencer Ackerman proposed calling Fred
Barnes and Karl Rove racist.
The liberal tax revolt, as The Wall Street Journal is calling it, is a very important topic -- especially for investors and small-business entrepreneurs. And for new jobs.
It's hard to imagine anyone graduating from high school today, much less college, without being computer literate. One way or another, kids learn how to get online, how to navigate the Internet, how to live in a wired world.
The Illinois Senate race remains very close.
Republican State Representative Robert Bentley holds a 20-point lead over Democratic nominee Ron Sparks in the first Rasmussen Reports survey since Bentley's primary runoff win in Alabama’s gubernatorial contest.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has edged ahead of his Republican opponent Sharron Angle in his bid for reelection in Nevada. Both candidates are seen to hold extreme views by large segments of the population.
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Likely Voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, July 25.
Little has changed in the race to be Oregon’s next governor, with Republican Chris Dudley and Democrat John Kitzhaber still running neck-and-neck.
Americans view alcohol and cigarettes as more dangerous than marijuana.
Americans’ confidence in the short-term economy has slipped this month to its lowest level in well over a year.
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Virginia voters continue to approve of the job new Governor Bob McDonnell is doing, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. That includes 29% who Strongly Approve.
By a nearly two-to-one margin, voters in Ohio oppose the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to challenge the recently enacted Arizona immigration law. At the same time, a majority of voters in the state favor similar legislation in Ohio.
Fifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters say the Justice Department should take legal action against cities that provide sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Even more think the federal government should cut off funds to these “sanctuary cities.”
The Obama administration had gone to federal court to kill Arizona's new illegal-immigration law, scheduled to go into effect on Thursday. The Department of Justice argues that enforcement of the Arizona law "is pre-empted by federal law and therefore violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution."
Republican Ken Buck now earns 48% support against both Democratic contenders in Colorado’s race for the U.S. Senate. The other Republican in the race, former Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton, runs nearly as well.
Republican Senator Richard Shelby remains well ahead of his Democratic challenger in his bid for reelection in Alabama.
As the debate rages over letting some of the Bush tax cuts expire, Republicans have raised their starve-the-beast theory from its coffin. They insist that government (the "beast") can be shrunk by cutting taxes: The less money government has, the less government there can be.
The Arizona Democratic Primary is less than a month away, but nearly half its prospective voters haven’t made up their minds yet.
Republican John Hoeven remains well ahead in the U.S. Senate race in North Dakota with the seat now held by retiring Democrat Byron Dorgan on course to be a likely GOP pickup in November.
