54% Back Military Tribunals for Terrorists over U.S. Courts
Most Americans believe suspected terrorists should be tried by military tribunals rather than in U.S. courts, as the first such trial began this week at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.
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July 24, 2008
July 23, 2008
Majority Sees U.S. Winning War on Terror for First Time Since 2004
Over half of American voters (51%) now believe the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, the highest figure recorded in nearly four years by Rasmussen Reports in a nationwide survey.
July 23, 2008
63% Say Trip Does Not Make Obama More Fit to be President
While Barack Obama has touted his travel to the Middle East and Europe this week as a “fact-finding” trip, 63% of Americans do not believe it makes the Democratic candidate any more qualified to be president.
July 23, 2008
Romney Tops List of Possible McCain Running Mates
With Washington abuzz over speculation that John McCain will announce his running mate this week to take some of the focus off Barack Obama’s overseas travels, over a third of U.S. voters say Mitt Romney will be the Republican vice presidential candidate.
July 23, 2008
Illegal RX? Barack Objects & Dick Answers By Dick Morris
In yesterday's Post, we criticized Barack Obama's plan to "give health insurance to 47 million Americans who are now without coverage." We raised the question: "Are they Americans?" - noting that the 47 million statistic includes those who've come here illegally and are subject to deportation.
July 22, 2008
Democrats Lead by Nine on Generic Ballot
The gap between Republicans and Democrats in the Generic Congressional Ballot has tightened for the fifth straight week.
July 22, 2008
84% Worry About High Inflation in the Year Ahead
The vast majority of Americans share the concern of senior Federal Reserve Board officials that inflation is a very real threat in the year ahead, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national survey.
July 22, 2008
63% of Americans Want Troops Home from Iraq within Year
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 63% of Americans want the troops brought home from Iraq within a year.
July 22, 2008
Tomatoes and Their Bad Rap By Froma Harrop
"Which office do I go to to get my reputation back?" former Labor Secretary Ray Donovan famously asked after being indicted for mob-related larceny and fraud, and then acquitted of the charges.
July 22, 2008
An Inconvenient Perception: Voters Say Gore Plan Unrealistic, Costly
Only 33% of American voters believe Al Gore’s proposal to switch all of the nation's electricity production to wind, solar and other carbon-free sources in 10 years is realistic. And, beyond the Democratic Party base, most voters think Gore’s plan will make energy prices go up.
July 21, 2008
Most Americans Confident About U.S. Banking System
Nearly seven out of 10 Americans (68%) are confident in the stability of the U.S. banking system, even as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says more banks in this country are likely to fail.
July 21, 2008
Obama's Iraq Spotlight By Robert Novak
I asked one of the Republican Party's smartest, most candid heavy hitters this week whether John McCain really has a chance to defeat Barack Obama in this season of Republican discontent.
July 21, 2008
50% say Media Makes Economy Look Worse Than it Really Is
Only 34% of Americans believe the United States has the world’s best economy, but 50% believe the media makes economic conditions appear worse than they really are, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
July 21, 2008
Belief Growing That Reporters are Trying to Help Obama Win
The idea that reporters are trying to help Obama win in November has grown by five percentage points over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, taken just before the new controversy involving the New York Times erupted, found that 49% of voters believe most reporters will try to help the Democrat with their coverage, up from 44% a month ago.
July 20, 2008
If Israel Attacks Iran, 42% Say U.S. Should Help
Forty-two percent (42%) of Americans say that if Israel launches an attack against Iran, the United States should help Israel. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 46% believe the United States should do nothing while just 1% believe the U.S. should help Iran.
July 19, 2008
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.
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.
