Iowa Senate: Grassley (R) 54%, Conlin (D) 37%
Longtime Republican Senator Chuck Grassley continues to earn more than 50% support in his bid for reelection in Iowa against newly-chosen Democratic nominee Roxanne Conlin.
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June 17, 2010
June 17, 2010
46% Rate Obama's Response To Gulf Leak As Poor
Voters are more critical than ever of President Obama's handling of the ongoing Gulf oil spill despite his Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday night laying out what the government has done and intends to do in response. In fact, they're nearly as critical of the president now as they are of BP and Transocean, the two companies responsible for the leak to begin with.
June 17, 2010
Voters in Big States Prefer Skinflint Candidates By Michael Barone
"Government in New York is too big, ineffective and expensive," the candidate's website proclaims. "We must get our state's fiscal house in order by immediately imposing a cap on state spending and freezing salaries of state public employees as part of a one-year emergency financial plan, committing to no increase in personal or corporate income taxes of sales taxes and imposing a local property tax cap."
June 17, 2010
71% Say Government Response To Oil Leak Important To Their Vote
Seventy-one percent (71%) of U.S. Voters rate the government’s response to the Gulf oil leak as at least somewhat important in terms of how they will vote in November, with 35% who say it is Very Important.
June 17, 2010
Make Louisiana a U.S. Protectorate By Froma Harrop
A modest proposal: The federal government should take over Louisiana. Might as well, at this point.
June 17, 2010
Weak Speech from an Indecisive Obama By Lawrence Kudlow
One problem with President Obama’s Oval Office speech was his declaration that 90 percent of the oil spill would be captured in “coming days and weeks.” Ah, if only government were that strong and powerful. Trouble is, the spill rate late yesterday afternoon was again revised upward toward 60,000 barrels per day from the prior estimate of 25,000.
June 17, 2010
Tennessee Governor: McWherter (D) Trails GOP Hopefuls
Three Republican contenders in the race to be Tennessee's next governor continue to hold double-digit leads over Democratic candidate Mike McWherter, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
June 17, 2010
39% in New Jersey Favor Recall of Menendez, 39% Oppose
New Jersey voters are now evenly divided over whether Senator Robert Menendez should be recalled from office, with support for recall unchanged from two months ago.
June 16, 2010
51% in New Jersey Approve of Governor’s Performance
Most New Jersey voters still approve of the job that Governor Chris Christie is doing, and he earns solid support for his handling of the state’s contentious budget situation.
June 16, 2010
30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty percent (30%) of U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending June 13.
June 16, 2010
72% of GOP Voters Say Republicans In Congress Out of Touch With Their Base
Republicans in Congress still haven't convinced the party faithful that they have their best interests in mind.
June 16, 2010
67% Say Better Government Inspections of Oil Rigs Might Have Prevented Leak
Though most Americans are placing responsibility on British Petroleum (BP) to finance the cleanup of the oil rig leak in the Gulf of Mexico, they are also placing some blame on the government for not inspecting offshore rigs properly.
June 16, 2010
Americans Not Inclined To Pay More To Fight Global Warming
Democratic Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman declared yesterday
that a new EPA study shows their new global warming legislation won't
cost Americans much after all.
June 16, 2010
61% in California Support Troops on Border To Stop Illegal Immigration
Sixty-one percent (61%) of California voters say the U.S. military should be used along the Mexican border to help prevent illegal immigration, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
June 16, 2010
69% Agree With Obama That BP Should Pay For More Than Cleanup
President Obama in his Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday night said BP is responsible not just for the environmental clean-up from the massive Gulf oil leak but also must “compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of [the] company's recklessness." He is expected to repeat that message in a meeting with top BP officials today.
June 16, 2010
Afghan War Becoming a Bloody Farce By Tony Blankley
Since last summer, President Obama has publicly doubted whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai's corruption and incompetence make him a fit partner for our policy goals in Afghanistan.
June 16, 2010
The Second Time Around By Susan Estrich
"I'm definitely going to sail around the world again, or at least give it another try," teen sailor Abby Sunderland told the Australian press after her rescue last week.
June 16, 2010
Iowa Governor: Branstad (R) 57%, Culver (D) 31%
Republican Terry Branstad appears well on his way at this point to an unprecedented fifth term as governor of Iowa.
June 16, 2010
80% Rate A Two-Parent Home Very Important for Children
While the divorce rate in the United States is one of the highest in the world, 80% of Americans believe it’s Very Important for children to grow up in a home with both their parents.
June 15, 2010
Colorado Governor: McInnis (R) 46%, Hickenlooper (D) 41%
It’s the same old same old in the race to be the next governor of Colorado.
