Obama's CEOs By Robert Novak
Sen. Barack Obama has been meeting secretly with heavy industry CEOs in Washington to discuss issues that he would face as president.
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July 19, 2008
July 19, 2008
Ghosts of 1976 in Today's Campaign By Michael Barone
Looking back over the last 40 years, the presidential campaign that most closely resembles this year's is the contest between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976. The Republicans were the incumbent presidential party that year, as they are now, but the Democrats had a big advantage in party identification -- on the order of 49 percent to 26 percent then, far more than today.
July 19, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 19, 2008
Is the U.S. winning the war on terror? Nearly half of Americans said yes this past week while only 20% gave the nod to the terrorists, a dramatic improvement over the past year and the most positive margin we’ve recorded since Rasmussen Reports began tracking on the issue in January 2004.
July 18, 2008
What to Say by Susan Estrich
When my father died, so many years ago, my heart was broken. And then it got broken again. In the hours and days after his death, I was comforted by family and friends. But I couldn't help but notice who was missing, people I cared about, people I thought cared about me, who didn't call, didn't come, weren't there. Later, much later, I asked a few of those people why: Where had they been? Why didn't they come? And the answer was always the same.
July 18, 2008
Does Obama Have a Problem with White Voters? by Alan I. Abramowitz
"Poll Finds Obama's Run Isn't Closing Divide on Race," reads the headline on the front page of the July 16th New York Times.
July 18, 2008
A New Electorate In The Making? By Rhodes Cook
Speculation abounds these days about whether this fall's presidential election will produce a dramatically different electoral map than the virtually static one of the last two contests.
July 17, 2008
The Way to Box in Barack in Iraq By Dick Morris
The shadow of the Iraq War still hovers over the 2008 presidential race. Indeed, though it's the issue that made Barack Obama (giving him his running room to Hillary Clinton's left), it may now become his chief vulnerability.
July 17, 2008
The High Cost of Healthy People by Froma Harrop
The word "prevention" has a nice ring in any health-care discussion. Thus, many politicians argue that programs to stop smoking, improve diets and otherwise promote wholesome living save money in the long run. A healthier population at less cost --sounds like a win-win situation.
July 17, 2008
The Saga of Fannie and Freddie by Lawrence Kudlow
"Too big to fail" was the verdict in the U.S. Treasury decision to backstop mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But is the taxpayer risk of moral hazard still as big as ever?
July 17, 2008
They Must Be Joking By Joe Conason
An expression of outrage is the highest compliment that politicians can bestow upon a satirist. So when spokesmen for Barack Obama and John McCain echo each other and many another stuffed shirt in complaining about the current cover of The New Yorker, the magazine's editors and cartoonist Barry Blitt should accept such remarks in precisely that spirit.
July 17, 2008
Cost of Cronyism By Robert Novak
As financial storm signals appeared the last 18 months, there were Bush officials who urged drastic reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But, according to internal government sources, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson objected because it would look "too political."
July 17, 2008
Why the Race is Tied By Dick Morris
After almost six weeks of a constant Obama lead, generally in the five to seven-point range, Scott Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll records two consecutive days of a tie race (July 12-13) and a one-point Obama lead on July 14. What happened to the Democrat’s lead?
July 17, 2008
48% Agree With Obama That Iraq is Not “Central Front” in War on Terror
Even as a growing number of Americans appear to believe the United States is finally winning the war on terror, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that nearly half (48%) agree with Barack Obama that Iraq is not the central front in that war.
July 16, 2008
Democrats Trusted More Than GOP on Seven of Ten Key Issues
This month, voters trust Democrats more than Republicans on seven out of ten electoral issues tracked Rasmussen Reports. The Republicans have managed to gain back some lost ground on National Security and the War in Iraq.
July 16, 2008
Goodbye, Tony Snow: Writer, Father, Friend By Laura Mazer
Before he was a radio host, or a network news anchor, or the White House Press secretary, Tony Snow was a writer. He started his career as an editorial writer and editor for newspapers such as The Virginian-Pilot, The Washington Times and The Detroit News, eventually becoming a nationally syndicated op-ed columnist, with more than 200 newspapers publishing his commentary every week.
July 16, 2008
Growing Number of Americans See U.S. Winning War on Terror
Nearly half of Americans (48%) now believe the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror, as opposed to 20% who give the nod to the terrorists, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national survey.
July 15, 2008
Democrats Lead by Ten in Generic Congressional Ballot
Republicans have gained some ground this week, but Democrats continue to lead by double-digits in the Generic Congressional Ballot.
July 15, 2008
78% Say Iran Will Develop Nukes Soon
Nearly eight out of 10 Americans (78%) think Iran is likely to soon develop nuclear weapons, and over half say the Iranians will not halt their program no matter who is elected president, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
July 15, 2008
Obama Leads Bush by Twenty, But Clinton Does Better Against McCain
Barack Obama says a vote for John McCain is a vote for George W. Bush’s third term, but a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that the Democratic hopeful would have a much easier time of it if he were actually running against the incumbent president this year.
July 15, 2008
72% Say Gas Prices Biggest Threat to Economy
Americans overwhelmingly view the steady rise in oil and gas prices as the most serious problem facing the economy, and little more than a third of them think those prices are likely to be brought under control in the next few years.
