Outrageous Vulnerabilities By Michael Barone
As this is written, with a deadline looming, I have not heard Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field and have not learned who is John McCain's choice for vice president.
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August 30, 2008
August 29, 2008
It's All Good in Obama's "Cathedral" By Debra J. Saunders
Can he win in November? Yes, Barack Obama was the best Democrat in the field. Start with his charismatic yet cool demeanor.
August 29, 2008
47% Now Say Biden Was Good Veep Choice for Democrats
More voters are convinced after four days of convention-watching that Senator Joseph Biden was the right pick as Barack Obama’s running mate, but nearly a quarter still aren’t sure.
August 29, 2008
Michelle Obama Favorable Rating Reaches Highest Level Ever
Just days after Michelle Obama addressed the Democratic National Convention, a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that her favorability ratings have reached their highest levels since tracking began and she is now viewed more favorably than Cindy McCain.
August 29, 2008
Sarah Palin: Unknown Nationally, Popular in Alaska
One measure of how well John McCain kept his choice of a Vice Presidential running mate secret is that 67% of voters nationwide have no opinion one way or the other about Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that she is unknown to 78% of women.
August 29, 2008
Romney Still The Favorite of GOP Veep Choices
John McCain is about to name his running mate, and, of the three names most commonly heard, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is by far the candidate most preferred by voters, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 29, 2008
Obama’s Convention Bounce
Friday’s results from the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll show a bounce for Barack Obama. After leading by just one or two points for most of August, the Democratic hopeful opened a three-point advantage over McCain last Friday—the day before he announced Joe Biden would be his running mate.
August 29, 2008
A Strategic Opening For McCain By Dick Morris
Many political campaigns run against the wrong candidate. The opportunity to pick on a vulnerable target is so tempting that they are lured into attacking someone who isn’t running. In 1992, the Republicans unleashed their convention barrage at Hillary and left Bill unscathed.
August 28, 2008
Tonight’s Other Big Speaker is Popular – and Polarizing
The focus at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night is on nominee Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech, but a man who takes the stage earlier in the evening was in Obama’s place eight years ago and remains one of the party’s most popular members.
August 28, 2008
More Voters Say America’s Best Days are in the Future
American voters are more optimistic about the nation’s future than they have been in over four years. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% of voters think America’s best days lie ahead, while 37% think they have come and gone.
August 28, 2008
Meet Barack Obama As Voters See Him
Who is Barack Obama? What have voters been telling Rasmussen Reports about the man who has energized his fellow Democrats and tonight officially becomes the first African-American presidential candidate of a major U.S. political party?
August 28, 2008
Questions for Hillary's Zealots By Joe Conason
As the Democrats convene in Denver to celebrate Hillary Clinton and nominate Barack Obama, a tiny minority of her supporters continues to behave petulantly. They whine, they bluster, they agitate themselves and each other.
August 28, 2008
Democrats Talkin' Like the GOP By Debra J. Saunders
In some ways, the Dems confab sounds a bit like a Republican convention. For example: Nuclear energy? It's big here. The daily convention edition of the National Journal has been running pro-nuclear energy ads on Page Two every day -- and touting the support of Democratic Party biggies.
August 28, 2008
74% of Democrats Say Convention Has Unified Them
Three out of four Democrats (74%) say the party’s ongoing national convention has unified them as they roll out now in full force to put their nominee, Barack Obama, in the White House. Just 14% think the convention has not unified them.
August 28, 2008
Hillary Can't Fix What Her Party Broke By Froma Harrop
Hillary Clinton just gave the last major speech of her 2008 campaign. Or perhaps was it the first of her 2012 campaign. She said vote-for-Barack enough times and at enough volume to protect her from accusations of trying to sabotage Obama's chances in November, not that she won't be accused.
August 28, 2008
Only Obama Can Make the Sale By Lawrence Kudlow
There's no Obama-Biden bounce, according to the latest tracking polls. In fact, as of Wednesday morning, Scott Rasmussen reports a 47-46 one-point lead for John McCain. Gallup has the race even and indicates that conservative Democrats -- including married women -- are peeling away from Obama-Biden.
August 27, 2008
Stellar Speech Won't Boost Barack By Dick Morris
Her words were emphatic: "Barack Obama is my candidate and he must be our next president." Hillary Clinton's endorsement was unambiguous and she held nothing back.
August 27, 2008
Congressional Approval Ratings Tie Record Low
The majority party may be celebrating in Denver this week, but the percentage of voters who give the Democratic-dominated Congress good or excellent ratings has once again fallen to single digits.
August 27, 2008
Voters Trust McCain Over Obama On National Security 52% to 41%
National security is the issue of the day at the Democratic National Convention, but it wasn’t supposed to be this way. Democrats were planning on riding opposition to the highly unpopular war in Iraq right into the White House.
August 27, 2008
Just Over Half of Democrats Say Bill Clinton Likes Obama and Wants Him to Win
Bill Clinton is expected to talk about himself at the Democratic National Convention tonight and then leave town before Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. But just over half of Democrats believe there is no animosity between the two men and that the former president wants Obama to win.
