55% Say Favre Likely to Retire
Heading into yesterday’s NFL American and National Conference championship games, fans expected the Indianapolis Colts and Minnesota Vikings to meet in the Super Bowl.
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January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010
Americans Support Obama Plan to Tax Bailed-Out Banks
Most Americans favor the new effort by President Obama to recover the bailout money by taxing the nation’s largest banks. However, most only want the banks who received bailouts to pay the tax and think that other bailed-out institutions like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also should be taxed.
January 25, 2010
Arizona Governor: Martin (R) Runs Best Against Goddard (D)
State Treasurer Dean Martin for now looks like the Republican who’s offering the biggest challenge to likely Democratic candidate Terry Goddard in Arizona’s race for governor.
January 25, 2010
Indiana Senate 2010: Pence (R) 47%, Bayh (D) 44%
Indiana Senator Evan Bayh is another Democratic incumbent who could find himself in a tough reelection battle this fall. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds that Bayh attracts support from just 44% or 45% of voters when matched against his top potential Republican challengers.
January 25, 2010
Voters Spurn the 'Boob Bait' of the Educated Class By Michael Barone
When the New York Times columnist David Brooks first sat down with Barack Obama, they talked a lot about Burke. That's Edmund Burke, the 18th century conservative British politician and philosopher. Not Jimmy Burke, the 20th century Massachusetts pol, who said that all you had to know to serve in Congress was "Social Security and shoes."
January 25, 2010
Arizona GOP Governor: Martin 31%, Brewer 29%
Governor Jan Brewer is now running almost even with her leading challenger, State Treasurer Dean Martin, in Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial primary race.
January 24, 2010
Mixed Reviews for Supreme Court’s Campaign Finance Ruling
Following the Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance issues, the reaction from voters is mixed.
January 24, 2010
39% Are Worried Government Won't Do Enough to Help Economy
Voters are a little more concerned this month that the government will not do enough to help fix the economy and a bit more confident that last year's $787-billion stimulus plan has actually been a benefit.
January 24, 2010
Vikings Remain Top Pick to Win Super Bowl, Colts to Win AFC
Thirty-four percent (34%) of football fans expect the Minnesota Vikings to win their first Super Bowl championship this year.
January 23, 2010
Most California Voters Don’t See Higher Taxes As A Budget Solution
An overwhelming 94% of California voters regard the state’s budget crisis as very serious, but most oppose raising taxes as a solution to the problem.
January 23, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week Ended January 22, 2010
Is it really over?
January 23, 2010
Harold Ford’s Big Ambition By Susan Estrich
I like Harold Ford. The former congressman and senatorial candidate from Tennessee is bright, articulate and attractive. But that doesn’t mean he should be the senator from New York.
January 22, 2010
Are Republicans Listening to the Scott Brown Message? By Lawrence Kudlow
Sen. Scott Brown’s epic victory in Massachusetts on Tuesday night dealt a crushing blow to Obamacare, cap-and-trade, card check (and other union favors), and most importantly, all the tax hikes that are lingering on the table. But does Washington really understand the Scott Brown message?
January 22, 2010
Final Health Care Tracking Poll: 58% Oppose the Plan Before Congress
Rasmussen Reports has been tracking support and expectations for the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats regularly since last June and weekly for the past six months. Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats do not have the votes to pass the legislation in its current form. As a result, this is the final tracking update for that legislation.
January 22, 2010
63% Say Developing New Energy Sources More Important Than Conservation
Sixty-three percent (63%) of U.S. voters say finding new sources of energy is more important than reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume.
January 22, 2010
61% Say It’s Time for Congress To Drop Health Care
Sixty-one percent (61%) of U.S. voters say Congress should drop health care reform and focus on more immediate ways to improve the economy and create jobs.
January 22, 2010
Obama’s “Kiss of Death” In Massachusetts By Howard Rich
It’s been a time of Tea parties throughout America, but did anyone really believe that the limited government movement that’s sweeping across the country would arrive at the site of the original Tea party so soon?
January 22, 2010
Little Guy Sends Message to Washington: Drop Dead By Michael Barone
The final percentages aren't in as this is written, but it's plain that Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley by a substantial margin in the race for the remainder of the late Edward Kennedy's Senate term. In Massachusetts. The state that in the last four presidential elections has voted on average 61 percent Democratic and 33 percent Republican. That's a bigger margin than in any other state.
January 22, 2010
California Governor: Brown Runs Stronger Than Feinstein
Some Democrats have speculated about Senator Dianne Feinstein entering this year’s race for governor in California, but former Governor Jerry Brown actually runs just a bit better against both of the major remaining Republican challengers in the race.
January 22, 2010
Obama’s First Year By Larry J. Sabato
As we look back on a tumultuous first year for President Barack Obama, three questions matter. What have we learned about him? What has he learned about his job? And how much does the first year foretell about the Obama presidency?
