I discovered Bob Novak when I was in college. My political science teacher assigned us Rowland Evans and Robert Novak's classic tomes: "Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power" (1966) and "Nixon in the White House: The Frustration of Power" (1971).
Conservative Republicans in Florida may be rumbling about Charlie Crist’s run for the U.S. Senate, but so far the governor is well ahead of his chief 2010 GOP Primary challenger.
Those of us who are self-appointed advocates -- who expend our efforts trying to persuade a few more people to our political point of view -- must sit back in slack-jawed wonder when the great American public makes one of its great roars, as we all have been hearing in town hall meetings across the country.
Now we say good-bye to Robert Novak, who passed away early Tuesday morning at the age of 78. Yet another conservative icon has left us. He was a good friend, and an amazing reporter.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on credit card fraud.
Republican candidates have now matched their biggest lead over Democrats of the past several years on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
The plurality of American adults (46%) believes colleges and universities do not do enough to monitor students’ behavior, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Public criticism of President Obama’s health care reform plan and other actions may be growing, but most U.S. voters continue to blame the country’s economic problems on the recession that began under his predecessor, George W. Bush.
President Obama on Monday declared U.S. military action in Afghanistan as a “war of necessity,” and just 33% of voters believe it is even somewhat likely that U.S. combat troops will be removed from that country by the end of the president’s first term. Only eight percent (8%) say it is very likely.
When Barack Obama was 11, his mother and grandmother took him and his half-sister Maya on the most American of family vacations -- a road trip that included Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. Last week, Obama passed on that gift as he took his wife, daughters Malia and Sasha -- as well as Maya and her family -- on a four-day trip to two of America’s most breathtaking national parks.
"Death panels"? I'll tell you about death panels. My husband faced one some years ago, and it didn't involve any government bureaucrat. It was run by our private insurer, the sort of corporate entity that foes of health care reform say will give you anything you want.
Eighty percent (80%) of Americans say current economic conditions in the country are at least somewhat likely to lead to increased crime. Forty-seven percent (47%) say they are very likely to do so.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on the public option in Obama's health care reform plan.
Just six percent (6%) of voters nationwide now expect their own taxes to go down during the Obama years. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% expect their taxes to go up while 40% expect little change. Another 12% are not sure.
Forty-four percent (44%) of American adults think admission to U.S. national parks should always be free, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Statements by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a recent article in USA Today are aimed at assuring Americans that their access to quality care will be even greater under the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats.
Republican hopeful Mark Kirk finds himself starting out even in a Senate race against his likeliest Democratic competitor, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
Dear Young Obama Voter,
Congratulations. You have truly changed America.
Forty years ago 400,000 people descended on a small town 80 miles northwest of New York City and staged a music festival that would become the symbol of a generation.
The latest infamous incident of Major Airline Tarmac Dysfunction occurred in Minnesota last weekend when a severe storm curtailed Continental ExpressJet Flight 2816.
