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January 13, 2010

2010 New Hampshire Senate: Ayotte (R) 49%, Hodes (D) 40%

While other Republicans are nosing into the race, former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte remains the GOP hopeful with the best chance of beating likely Democratic candidate Paul Hodes in New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate contest this year.

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January 13, 2010

31% Say NBC Treating Conan O’Brien Unfairly

Nearly a week after NBC announced it was canceling Jay Leno’s prime-time show and moving him back to his 11:30 pm time slot, Conan O'Brien, the current host of the network's "The Tonight Show," announced he will not go along with its plans to push him later in the night.

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January 13, 2010

2010 Nevada Senate: Reid’s Support Falls Even Lower

Support among Nevada voters for embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s reelection has fallen even further following disclosure in a new book of remarks he made about Barack Obama during Election 2008.

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January 13, 2010

Lights, Camera, Action By Susan Estrich

The federal trial of Prop 8 -- the California anti-gay marriage amendment whose constitutionality is currently being challenged -- was about to be a grand experiment in televised trials until the Supreme Court abruptly pulled the plug Monday morning.

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January 13, 2010

32% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction

Thirty-two percent (32%) of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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January 13, 2010

2010 Minnesota Governor: Ex-Senators Coleman, Dayton Run Strongest

So far, this year’s race for governor of Minnesota is shaping up as the battle of the ex-senators.

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January 13, 2010

Reject Politically Correct "Educated Class" By Tony Blankley

Anti-anti-Islamic radicalism is growing amongst Western elites. In the aftermath of the Fort Hood Islamist terror attack on our troops by United States Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and the Christmas day airline Islamist terror attack attempt, it is becoming ever more obvious that there is a widening gap between public common sense and governing class idiocy when it comes to spotting Islamist danger in our midst -- and doing something about it.

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January 12, 2010

Massachusetts Senate Election: Coakley (D) 49%, Brown (R) 47%

The Massachusetts’ special U.S. Senate election has gotten tighter, but the general dynamics remain the same.

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January 12, 2010

Republicans Ahead Again By Nine On Generic Ballot

Republican candidates have now posted a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the first two weeks of 2010.

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January 12, 2010

43% Not Sure Which Party to Trust On Ethics Issues

Voters continue to trust Republicans more than Democrats on most of the key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports, but they are more uncertain than ever on which party to trust when it comes to government ethics and corruption.

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January 12, 2010

Confidence in A Home As A Family’s Best Investment Down to 55%

Americans continue to show little short- or long-term confidence in the housing market, and belief in a family home as an investment has declined to its lowest point yet.

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January 12, 2010

31% Like Government Response to Airline Incident, 38% Don’t

Thirty-one percent (31%) of U.S. voters rate the government response to the attempted terrorist bombing of a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day as good or excellent, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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January 12, 2010

87% Oppose Front-Seat Computers For Drivers

For the driver already juggling a cell phone and a burger as he’s heading down the highway, it’s the next big thing: An Internet-connected dashboard computer. The perfect front-seat addition, eh?

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January 12, 2010

How Harry Got His Groove Back By Debra J. Saunders

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spent the weekend trying to finesse the news that he told "Game Change" authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann in 2008 that he believed Barack Obama could win the White House

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January 12, 2010

Why Profiling Can't Ensure Airline Security By Froma Harrop

Fifty years ago this month, a lawyer living in a posh New York suburb with his former model wife was being investigated for embezzlement. Julian Andrew Frank of Westport, Conn., took out nearly $900,000 in life insurance and then, investigators believed, boarded a National Airlines plane with a bomb and blew it up over North Carolina, killing himself and 33 others.

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January 11, 2010

32% Favor Marriage Law That Punishes Verbal Abuse

France appears close to enacting the first law in the world that makes verbal and psychological abuse in marriages a criminal act. Supporters say it will help prevent future physical abuse; opponents fear it will fill up the courts with “he said, she said” cases.

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January 11, 2010

64% Say This Winter Is Worst In Recent Years

Baby, it’s been cold outside.

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January 11, 2010

Most Voters Still Say Bailouts Were a Bad Idea

Looking back, most U.S. voters still don't approve of the government bailouts of the financial industry and troubled automakers General Motors and Chrysler.

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January 11, 2010

Looking Closer at the Massachusetts Senate Polls

On the surface, three recent polls on the upcoming Massachusetts special election to fill the Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy seem to tell three different stories.

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January 11, 2010

17% Expect Health Care Plan To Lower Costs, 57% Expect Costs to Go Up

Voter expectations that the health care legislation before Congress will become law have reached a new high, but most are still opposed to the plan.