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March 12, 2010
March 12, 2010
Negatives for Pelosi, Reid, Boehner Hit Record Highs
Congress' top leaders are feeling the heat from voters this month, as a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows three of the four reaching or matching their highest unfavorable ratings of the past year.
March 12, 2010
Coming Between You and Your Doctor By Froma Harrop
The lights must dim around Google's data-storage centers every time someone does a search for "government bureaucrat coming between you and your doctor." Foes of the Democrats' health-reform proposals have been chanting this on the hour for a year -- with a surge after Democrats put money for "comparative effectiveness research" in the stimulus bill.
March 12, 2010
Louisiana Senate: Vitter 57%, Melancon 34%
A brief brush with scandal hasn’t hurt incumbent Republican Senator David Vitter’s bid for reelection in Louisiana so far. He remains more than 20 points ahead of his Democratic challenger, Congressman Charlie Melancon.
March 12, 2010
Real Genius By Susan Estrich
A year ago, David Axelrod, the president's senior adviser, was a genius. A year ago, Rahm Emanuel, the president's chief of staff, was a wizard.
March 11, 2010
Minnesota Governor: Anything Goes At This Point
The only thing it’s safe to say about this year’s governor’s race in Minnesota is that both parties will pick their candidates in primaries on August 10. Other than that, the race is a free-for-all.
March 11, 2010
Dems Are Stuck With a Mess of Their Own Making By Michael Barone
There's a lively debate going on in the blogosphere and the press about whether Democrats would be better off passing or not passing a health care bill.
March 11, 2010
Only 15% Think War in Iraq Is Over
Obama administration and U.S. military officials insist that Iraq’s recent elections were a success and that the plan for removing all troops from the country by the end of next year is on schedule. But most U.S. voters remain skeptical about the situation in Iraq.
March 11, 2010
New Hampshire Governor: Lynch Still Running Strongly
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch still has little reason to worry in his expected bid for reelection this fall.
March 11, 2010
The New McCarthyism By Joe Conason
The national madness known as "McCarthyism" began 60 years ago in Wheeling, W.V., when Joseph R. McCarthy held up a scrap of paper that supposedly listed the names of 57 State Department officials he said were actually Communists and traitors.
March 11, 2010
Meg Whitman Can Run a Company, but Can She Govern? By Debra J. Saunders
It took me five months to get my first interview with former eBay CEO and California GOP gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman, and when I did, it was after a press event where the news reporters were not allowed to ask questions. Swell.
March 11, 2010
45% Say Parents Less Involved Now In Their Children’s Education
Americans are critical of the textbooks children use and of the government for not spending enough on the schools. But many also criticize the performance of today’s parents.
March 10, 2010
Voters Say Economy, Government Ethics Are Most Important Issues
Voters continue to rate the economy as the most important issue regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports, but the issue of government ethics and corruption takes near equal status this month.
March 10, 2010
New Hampshire Senate: Two Republicans Enjoy Double Digit Lead
Two Republican hopefuls now post 10-point leads over likely Democratic nominee Paul Hodes in New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race.
March 10, 2010
Washington Senate: Murray Still Tops All GOP Foes Except Rossi
There’s been little change over the past month in the U.S. Senate race in Washington, with Democratic Senator Patty Murray still holding double-digit leads over the three top announced Republican challengers but falling just short of the 50% safety mark for incumbents.
March 10, 2010
34% Say U.S. Unemployment Rate Will Be Higher A Year From Now
Thirty-four percent (34%) of Americans expect the unemployment rate in the United States to be higher a year from today. That marks a five-point increase from December.
March 10, 2010
An American Obsession with Freedom By Tony Blankley
The publishing of the Declaration of Independence 233 years ago by our Founders was responded to in London by two of the 18th century's greatest minds: Dr. Samuel Johnson (after whom a literary age was named) and Edmund Burke (the intellectual father of modern Anglo-American conservatism).
March 10, 2010
And the Winner Is... By Susan Estrich
Like most Americans, I haven't seen "The Hurt Locker," but I was still rooting for Kathryn Bigelow to claim the Best Director statue. This is, after all, 2010 -- a little late in the day for "first women," particularly in an industry that depends on women as much as men to buy tickets. If you believe the media accounts, another glass ceiling has now been broken. Were it only so simple.
March 10, 2010
Massachusetts Governor: Patrick Holds Slim Lead In Three-Way Match-ups
Democratic incumbent Deval Patrick continues to cling to the lead in Massachusetts’ three-way contest for governor, regardless of which Republican is in the race.
March 10, 2010
Illinois Senate: Giannoulias 44%, Kirk 41%
The U.S. Senate race in Illinois is now a virtual toss-up, with Democratic State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias holding a slight 44% to 41% lead over Republican Congressman Mark Kirk.
