Thirty Days and Counting By Alan Abramowitz
With one month remaining in the 2008 presidential campaign, national and state polling data indicate that Barack Obama holds a clear lead over John McCain.
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October 10, 2008
October 10, 2008
Statehouse '08 Update By Larry J. Sabato
There are just eleven governorships up for grabs from coast to coast, six currently held the Democrats and five by the Republicans.
October 9, 2008
36% of Baseball Fans Say Boston Red Sox Will Win World Series
Most baseball fans predict an American League team will prevail at the World Series this year, and over a third think that team will be the reigning champion Boston Red Sox.
October 9, 2008
Voters Say Obama Won Debate, McCain More Prepared To Be President
Voters say Barack Obama beat John McCain in Tuesday night’s presidential debate 45% to 28%, but they also think McCain is better prepared to be president than Obama by an 11-point margin.
October 9, 2008
Honor Won and Lost By Joe Conason
Nothing in the presidential campaign so far has been as instructive as its swift descent into the politics of personal destruction. Although voters have probably heard little lately that they did not already know about Sen. Barack Obama, they have learned something very important about Sen. John McCain.
October 9, 2008
McCain Economics Still Bush League By Froma Harrop
Take a great nation with a fabulous work ethic and inventive people. Turn its $236 billion budget surplus into an estimated $482 billion deficit, and nearly double the national debt to $10 trillion. In the meantime, fuel economic growth with a consumer-led borrowing binge that makes America beholden to China.
October 9, 2008
Obama, the Good Soldier By Debra J. Saunders
Two important questions were asked at Tuesday night's presidential debate.
October 9, 2008
Will McCain Make the Investor Connection? By Lawrence Kudlow
While the presidential candidates were debating in Nashville on Tuesday night, the Asian stock markets were selling off by 10 percent. Earlier in the day, the U.S. market plunged by 500 points. These were big-time drops, yet presidential debaters never talk about the stock market. Nashville was no exception.
October 9, 2008
Is The Electoral Dam Breaking for Obama By Larry J.. Sabato
All season, political observers have been speculating when, if ever, the Electoral College and the state and national polls would reflect the basic pro-Democratic fundamentals of the presidential election year.
October 8, 2008
Majority Still Say U.S. Is Winning War on Terror
A majority of voters (52%) continue to believe the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, and nearly as many (48%) say America is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
October 8, 2008
52% Plan To Get Flu Shots This Year
Just over half of adults (52%) say they intend to receive a flu shot this year, up from 44% last year, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
October 8, 2008
76% Support Showing Photo ID Before Voting
Three out of four U.S. voters (76%) believe a person should be required to show photo identification at the polls before being allowed to vote, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 18% do not agree.
October 8, 2008
A Great Line By Susan Estrich
I'm happy to give my friend Madeleine Albright credit for the line, as Starbucks apparently has. But the truth is I've been using it for years in speeches to women about how we need to help each other get ahead in business, politics and academia.
October 8, 2008
Bafflement By Tony Blankley
There was a joke going around conservative circles during the mid-1960s that we conservatives were warned that if we voted for Barry Goldwater, America would get deeper into the Vietnam War. The punch line was that we did vote for Goldwater and America did get deeper into Vietnam.
October 8, 2008
Discover (R) U.S. Spending Monitor (SM) Down 2.2 Points to 86.5
The Discover U.S. Spending Monitor dipped 2.2 points to 86.5 in September, as consumers grew increasingly concerned about the U.S. economy and worked hard to hold-the-line on future spending plans.
October 7, 2008
Most Voters Expect Brokaw to Be Neutral at Debate
Two-thirds (67%) of U.S. voters have a favorable opinion of Tom Brokaw, the moderator of tonight’s presidential debate, and nearly as many (62%) expect him to be neutral.
October 7, 2008
Voters See Conflict Between Growth and the Environment
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Americans believe it is possible to drill offshore for oil without harming the environment, but nearly as many (48%) also acknowledge that there is a conflict between economic growth and environmental protection.
October 7, 2008
Generic Congressional Ballot Remains Steady
The Democrats’ lead has held steady this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that, if given the choice, 45% of voters would choose their district’s Democratic candidate, while 37% would choose the Republican candidate.
October 7, 2008
Why Independents Care So Much About Health Care By Froma Harrop
Political independents now rank health care second among the issues they most want the presidential candidates to discuss, according to a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll for September. The No. 1 issue for independents, as well as for Democrats and Republicans, is the economy.
October 7, 2008
The Supersize Bailout By Debra J. Saunders
The only way Congress could pass a $700 billion economic bailout package last week was to spend an extra $110 billion that the federal government does not have.
