Most Voters Say Immigration Reform Not Likely to Pass
President Barack Obama recently suggested that immigration reform might be on the legislative agenda for early 2010. But, most voters don’t see passage of legislation as likely.
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August 13, 2009
August 13, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Health Care Reform
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the Healthcare reform.
August 13, 2009
Health Reformers Need Not Fear Mob Scenes By Froma Harrop
Craig Anthony Miller earned brief fame by screaming something about the Constitution in the face of Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter. A woman followed with the same scripted rant. The subject of the meeting in Lebanon, Pa., was to be health care, and the goal of the organized mobs was to disrupt it.
August 13, 2009
The Real Death Panels By Joe Conason
When Republican politicians and right-wing talking heads bemoan the fictitious "death panels" that they claim would arise from health-care reform, they are concealing a sinister reality from their followers. The ugly fact is that every year we fail to reform the existing system, that failure condemns tens of thousands of people to die -- either because they have no insurance or because their insurance companies deny coverage or benefits when they become ill.
August 13, 2009
Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey 48%, Specter 36%
Uncomfortable town hall meetings are just the tip of the iceberg for Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. He now trails Republican Pat Toomey by double digits in his bid for reelection next year and is viewed unfavorably by a majority of the state’s voters.
August 13, 2009
When Liberal Leaders Confront a Centrist Nation By Michael Barone
There are more conservatives than Republicans and more Democrats than liberals. That's one of the asymmetries between the parties that helps to explain the particular political spot we're in. The numbers are fairly clear. In the 2008 exit poll, 34 percent of voters described themselves as conservatives and 32 percent as Republicans; 39 percent described themselves as Democrats but only 22 percent as liberals.
August 12, 2009
Pennsylvania Democratic Primary: Specter 47% Sestak 34%
Senator Arlen Specter leads Congressman Joe Sestak by 13 percentage points in an early look at the 2010 Democratic Senatorial Primary in Pennsylvania. In June, Specter had a 19-point lead.
August 12, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Woodstock
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the Woodstock anniversary.
August 12, 2009
Pennsylvania: 42% Favor Health Care Plan, 53% Opposed
Forty-two percent (42%) of Pennsylvania voters favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of voters in the state finds that 53% are opposed.
August 12, 2009
35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-five percent (35%) of likely voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 12, 2009
Obama’s Hoof-in-Mouth Disease By Lawrence Kudlow
It’s hard to know why President Obama said what he said at Tuesday’s health-care town hall in New Hampshire. He actually stated, “If you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.”
August 12, 2009
66% Oppose Mexican Trucks On U.S. Highways
President Obama on Monday concluded a mini-summit with the presidents of Canada and Mexico, but Americans don’t look too kindly on what their neighbors had at the top of their agendas.
August 12, 2009
26% Have Higher Opinion of Bill Clinton Since He Left Office
Former President Bill Clinton was in the news again last week, gaining the release of two American reporters from North Korea, and 26% of U.S. voters now say they have a better opinion of Clinton since he left office in January 2001.
August 12, 2009
Empower the Local Afghan Tribal Chiefs By Tony Blankley
I have talked with soldiers from Afghanistan -- both American and British, both in the ranks and field-grade officers -- in an effort at making sense of what we are doing there. The White House and Pentagon publicly say they are reassessing policy in Afghanistan. It is well that they should. So far, both means and goals are confused.
August 12, 2009
Eunice By Susan Estrich
She was the candidate's sister, the former president's sister, the wife of the former vice presidential candidate. Legend had it that she was smarter than any of them.
August 12, 2009
North Korea, Iran Rank One, Two on U.S. Enemies List
Both are developing nuclear weapons and refuse to listen to the United Nations and other international mediators who are trying to talk them out of it. They’re also the nations that sizable majorities of Americans consider to be the biggest enemies of the United States.
August 11, 2009
Elderly Swing Against Obama Plan By Dick Morris
The most ominous signal yet for the Obama health care plan emerged in the poll by Scott Rasmussen released today. While public support for the plan fell to a new low (42% support, 53% oppose -- down five points in two weeks), the elderly emerged as the strongest opposition group.
August 11, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Immigration
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on illegal immigration
August 11, 2009
Republicans Maintain Lead Over Democrats on Generic Ballot
The findings in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot remain fairly steady, as Republican candidates continue to hold a modest lead over Democrats for the seventh straight week.
August 11, 2009
Canada, Great Britain Seen As America’s Best Friends
The United States has been the world’s sole superpower since the fall of the Soviet Union in the early ‘90s, but as far as most Americans are concerned, we haven’t made any new friends since then.
