Republicans Maintain Steady Lead on Generic Ballot
Republican candidates maintain a six-point advantage over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
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November 17, 2009
November 17, 2009
The Party of Fiscal Babies By Froma Harrop
Nearly every Republican these days calls for tax cuts and lower deficits, and in the same sentence. Point out that these goals clash -- that taxes pay for government and not paying for government causes deficits, and the Republican counters, "We must shrink government, instead."
November 17, 2009
26% Have Worked With Someone They Thought Capable Of Mass Violence
Twenty-six percent (26%) of employed adults say they have seriously thought that someone in their workplace was capable of mass violence, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 16, 2009
Only 20% Say What’s Good for China’s Economy Good for U.S.
Twenty percent (20%) of Americans think what is good for China’s economy is good for the U.S. economy, as President Obama meets with Chinese leaders this week in an effort to ease economic tensions between the two nations.
November 16, 2009
Support for Congressional Health Care Proposal Up to 47%, 49% Opposed
Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. With the exception of bounces following nationally televised presidential appeals, that’s the highest level of support measured for the legislative effort all year.
November 16, 2009
42% in Minnesota For Pawlenty, 46% Against If He’s GOP Presidential Candidate
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty might want to focus his reported interest in the White House a little more at home for right now.
November 16, 2009
59% of GOP Voters Say Palin Shares Their Values
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Republican voters say former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin shares the values of most GOP voters throughout the nation.
November 16, 2009
2010 Minnesota Governor: Coleman Leads GOP; Dayton, Rybak Tops Among Democrats
The front-runner in Minnesota’s 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary is a candidate who isn’t even the race yet, while Democrats are evenly divided between two of their most prominent contenders.
November 16, 2009
Pushing Health Reform When Job Losses Are Rising By Michael Barone
Barack Obama told the House Democratic Caucus before the roll call vote on health care on Nov. 7 that they would be better off politically if they passed the bill than if they let it fail. Bill Clinton speaking to the Senate Democrats' lunch on Nov. 10 cited his party's big losses in 1994 after Congress failed to pass his health care legislation as evidence that Democrats would suffer more from failure to pass a bill than from disaffection with a bill that was signed into law.
November 15, 2009
26% Favor Pulling All U.S. Troops Out of Japan
Twenty-six percent (26%) of Americans say the United States should remove all its military troops from Japan, a central issue in President Obama’s trip to that country Friday and Saturday.
November 15, 2009
Scots Outraged Over Bomber's Release By Debra J. Saunders
EDINBURGH -- Do not believe that Scotland was united behind Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's decision to grant "compassionate" release to the terminally ill convicted Pan Am 103 bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi in August.
November 14, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week Ending November 14, 2009
A grateful nation showed its respect on Veterans Day this past week to those who have served in the U.S. military, even as more disturbing news emerged about the Muslim Army officer accused of the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas.
November 13, 2009
57% of Texas Voters Say Hutchison Should Stay Senator While Running for Governor
Though Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is involved in a hotly contested Republican primary race for Governor, 57% of voters in the state say she should remain in her current position while doing so.
November 13, 2009
In Texas GOP Showdown, Perry Leads Hutchison 46% to 35%
Governor Rick Perry is back out front of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison with an 11-point lead in the 2010 Republican Primary gubernatorial race in Texas.
November 13, 2009
67% Oppose A Military Draft
U.S. voters strongly oppose the reinstitution of a military draft and are even more strongly in favor of an all-volunteer military. They also don’t think a year of mandatory public service is a good idea.
November 13, 2009
'09 Elections: Some Parting Thoughts By Rhodes Cook
No doubt off-year elections can be overanalyzed. They are few in number. They sometimes give evidence of conflicting trends. And their predictive value for the midterm elections to follow has been rather conclusively debunked.
November 13, 2009
Klobuchar Bests Franken, Bachmann Among Minnesota Voters
Minnesota voters give Senator Amy Klobuchar higher marks for job performance than her fellow senator Al Franken and Michele Bachmann, the congresswoman who has become a conservative lightning rod in the national health care debate.
November 13, 2009
Voters Want Green... In Their Wallets By Howard Rich
As the fallout continues to settle from the 2009 elections, among the more overlooked results was a ballot issue in Boulder County, Colorado that would have extended an existing sales tax to fund the acquisition of additional “open space.”
November 13, 2009
Do You Recognize Your President? By Susan Estrich
There's an old saying that hard cases make bad law. The same rule, unfortunately, applies to presidential decisions.
November 13, 2009
47% Blame Global Warming on Planetary Trends, Not Human Activity
Nearly half the nation’s voters still believe that global warming is caused primarily by long term planetary trends, not human activity
