NJ GOP Primary: Christie 46%, Lonegan 35%
New Jersey Republicans pick their gubernatorial candidate on Tuesday, and the latest Rasmussen Reports polling in the state shows Chris Christie leading Steve Lonegan by 11 points, 46% to 35%.
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May 28, 2009
May 28, 2009
Ford’s The Favorite Among Big Three, But GM, Chrysler Rebound
With Chrysler in a government-supervised bankruptcy and General Motors expected to follow suit any day now, Ford is stretching its lead as the most highly regarded of the Big Three automakers.
May 28, 2009
Sotomayor and Condescending Identity Politics By Froma Harrop
Identity politics are not good for the country or for the groups they purport to advance. This is not to undercut Sonia Sotomayor, who, as the news reports all start out, is the first Hispanic nominated to the Supreme Court and, if confirmed, would be the third female justice. From what we know about her so far, she seems qualified for the job.
May 28, 2009
Empathy and Impartiality By Debra J. Saunders
How will the GOP react to President Obama's pick to replace Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court? Who cares? It doesn't matter what Senate Republicans think of Sonia Sotomayor.
May 28, 2009
Why Obama's Court Pick is Already a Winner By Joe Conason
Choosing Sonia Sotomayor as his first nominee to the United States Supreme Court will allow Barack Obama to prove three important things. As a politician, he is not afraid of a fight. As a constitutional lawyer, he is willing and able to defend his conception of that living document. And as president, he is prepared to brush aside the phony consensus of Washington's gossipy elite.
May 28, 2009
87% Expect Sotomayor Will Be Confirmed, 45% Say She Should Be
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of the voters nationwide believe Judge Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed as the next United States Supreme Court Justice. That figure includes 59% who believe her confirmation is Very Likely.
May 27, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: National Sales Tax
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday looks at a national sales tax.
May 27, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Sotomayor
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday looks at today's announcement of President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
May 27, 2009
37% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of U.S. voters say America is heading in the right direction this week.
May 27, 2009
52% Say U.S., Allies Winning War on Terror
Fifty-two percent (52%) of U.S. voters now say the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That's the highest level of confidence found since early February.
May 27, 2009
83% Still See Need for Postal Service in 10 Years, Even If They Use It Much Less
Eighty-three percent (83%) of Americans say it’s likely there will still be a need for the U.S. Postal Service in 10 years, even as increasing numbers pay their bills and send personal letters via the Internet. Fifty-one percent (51%) say it is Very Likely there will be such a need.
May 27, 2009
61% Say Ford More Likely To Survive Than GM or Chrysler
Most Americans think the Ford Motor Company, the one Big Three automaker who won’t be run by the federal government, has the best chance of staying in business, but they also suspect the government won’t make it easy.
May 27, 2009
The People's Right! to Self-Governance By Debra J. Saunders
Within a decade, same-sex marriage probably will be legal in California. Thanks to the California Supreme Court 6-1 ruling on Tuesday to uphold Proposition 8, the law will be changed in the proper way -- not by judicial fiat, but with California voters determining whether, when and how best to broaden the state's marriage laws.
May 27, 2009
48% Favor Government-Mandated Paid Vacation, 42% Say it Will Hurt The Economy
Forty-eight percent (48%) of U.S. voters favor a federal law requiring companies to provide paid vacation for all full-time and part-time employees, but most don’t think it would be good for the economy.
May 27, 2009
Economic Reality of 5 Million Green Jobs By Tony Blankley
In 1845, the French economist Frederic Bastiat published a satirical petition from the "Manufacturers of Candles" to the French Chamber of Deputies, which ridiculed the arguments made on behalf of inefficient industries to protect them from more efficient producers:
May 27, 2009
No Time for Tea-and-Crumpet Interrogations By Michael Barone
When former Vice President Dan Quayle scheduled a big speech, President Bill Clinton didn't hop in and schedule one for the hour before.
May 26, 2009
Democrats Up Three on Generic Congressional Ballot
The numbers have flipped this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
May 26, 2009
When Navigating the Health Care Desert, Choose a Camel By Senator Mike Enzi
We’ve been wandering in the health care desert for years and if we’re to find our way out a good camel sure would come in handy.
May 26, 2009
Small Business Owners Report Longer Days, Longer Weeks on the Job
As if their business worries weren’t enough, small business owners are now getting even less time off, thanks to the country’s continuing economic problems.
May 26, 2009
74% Say $1 Postage Stamp Likely in Next 10 Years
Seventy-four percent (74%) of Americans say it is at least somewhat likely that the price of a first class postage stamp will be $1 or more within the next 10 years. Forty-six percent (46%) say it’s Very Likely.
