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June 4, 2009

Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Walmart

The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Thursday focuses on Walmart in the community.

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June 4, 2009

New Jersey Governor: Christie (R) 51% Corzine (D) 38%

New Jersey’s Democratic Governor Jon S. Corzine, who hopes to win a second term in November, has now fallen behind Republican challenger Christopher J. Christie by 15 points – 49% to 34%.

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June 4, 2009

26% Applaud GM Bailout But 17% Favor Boycott

Twenty-six percent (26%) of American adults believe it was a good idea for the federal government to take ownership of General Motors as the auto giant was on the verge of collapse. Nearly as many--17%--say that Americans should protest the bailout by boycotting GM and refusing to buy its cars. Most Americans are somewhere in between.

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June 4, 2009

Headcount Follies By Debra J. Saunders

If you see the federal government as a benign force that seeks only to make your life better, then the questions in the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey may not bother you. But if you have a smidgen of doubt, or if you value your privacy, you probably aren't going to like some of Uncle Sam's invasive queries.

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June 4, 2009

Rasmussen Employment Index Makes Modest Gain in May

The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, rose for the third straight month in May.

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June 4, 2009

Domestic Terrorism by Any Standard By Joe Conason

If right-wing broadcasters don't want to be blamed when someone murders a person they have demonized repeatedly -- as in the case of George Tiller, the doctor shot dead in his Wichita, Kan., church last Sunday by an anti-abortion zealot -- then they ought to moderate their rhetoric. No doubt they will choose their words more carefully for a while, and they will whine piteously about anyone who calls attention to their screaming extremism.

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June 4, 2009

74% Say Peace between Israel and Palestinians Not Likely in Next 10 Years

Seventy-four percent (74%) of U.S. voters say it is unlikely there will be lasting peace between the Palestinians and Israel within the next decade Twenty-seven percent (27%) say it’s not at all likely.

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June 4, 2009

Motown Wonders: Where Did Our Love Go? By Froma Harrop

The alternative to a government rescue of General Motors is the collapse of the industrial Midwest. Nonetheless, there's been a surprisingly large amount of dumping on the Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan. The government-sponsored deal seems to have stirred up resentments for every ideology.

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June 3, 2009

What's Keeping Obama Up? By Dick Morris

The Rasmussen poll conducted over the weekend of May 30-31 asked a key question designed to give us perspective on Obama's current popularity.

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June 3, 2009

Voters’ Opinions on America’s Direction Remain Steady

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of U.S. voters say America is heading in the right direction this week.

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June 3, 2009

Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Supreme Court Justices

The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday focuses on Supreme Court Justices and the law.

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June 3, 2009

Sotomayor Beats Bush’s Supreme Court Nominees So Far

Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first choice for the U.S. Supreme Court, is well ahead of the game at this early stage of the confirmation process when compared to President George W. Bush’s high court nominees.

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June 3, 2009

Only 28% See Better U.S. Relationship With Muslim World A Year From Now

President Obama plans a major speech in Cairo on Thursday to reach out to Muslims worldwide, but just 28% of U.S. voters think America’s relationship with the Muslim world will be better a year from today.

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June 3, 2009

Sotomayor Support Softens Over Past Week, But 88% Still Say Confirmation Likely

Over the week since she was introduced to the nation, public support for Judge Sonia Sotomayor has softened a bit, but 88% still say it’s likely that she will be confirmed as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice.

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June 3, 2009

It's Not About Ideology By Susan Estrich

"What I have no interest in doing is running GM," President Barack Obama said on Monday, as he assumed ownership of the beacon of free enterprise.

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June 3, 2009

Death by Deficit By Tony Blankley

The Roman historian Livy famously described the terminal plight of the late Roman Republic: "Nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus"
("We can bear neither our shortcomings nor the remedies for them"). As I reread this phrase in Christian Meier's biography of Julius Caesar this past
weekend, I couldn't help thinking of America's current fiscal profligacy -- which has been growing for years at an ever-accelerating rate.

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June 3, 2009

46% Want Health Reform Now, 45% Say Wait Until Economy Improves

Voters remain closely divided on the urgency for health care reform, given the troubled state of the economy.

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June 3, 2009

The Inevitability of Parental Choice By Howard Rich

A year ago, the nation’s largest newspaper wrote in an editorial that it was time to “move beyond vouchers” in the debate over America’s educational future.

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June 2, 2009

Support for Both Major Parties Slips This Week on Generic Ballot

Democratic and Republican Congressional candidates have each lost support from voters this week, but Democrats came in just ahead in the latest edition of the Generic Ballot.

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June 2, 2009

Health Care, National Security Drop in Importance Among Voters

While the economy remains the most important issue to voters, the issues of health care and national security have dropped to their lowest level of importance in nearly two years of tracking.