The Huge Stakes of Thursday's Confrontations By Patrick J. Buchanan
Thursday is shaping up to be the Trump presidency's "Gunfight at O.K. Corral."
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September 25, 2018
September 24, 2018
42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending September 20.
September 24, 2018
56% See Media Witch Hunt of Public Figures Accused of Sexual Wrongdoing
Several high profile actors, politicians and journalists have been accused of sexual wrongdoing in the wake of the #MeToo movement. But most voters think these public figures aren’t getting a fair shake by the media.
September 24, 2018
Half of Voters Say Reporters Aim to Defeat Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation has been top news for weeks, but voters don’t think the media is trying to do him any favors.
September 22, 2018
Why Christine Ford Vs. Brett Kavanaugh Is a Train Wreck You Can't Look Away From By Ted Rall
Christine Blasey Ford has accused Brett Kavanaugh of trying to rape her during a party while they were teenagers. The political stakes are high: If Kavanaugh's confirmation vote fails in the Senate and Democrats win the body back in November, conservatives will watch their dream of a solidly reliable 5-4 majority go up in smoke.
September 22, 2018
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 22, 2018
Floodwaters in the Carolinas and Virginia are cresting this weekend in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, which has already killed 42 people. But also rising are the floodwaters of the eleventh-hour Democrat opposition to the Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
September 21, 2018
Kavanaugh Has Edge in Voter Trust, But 29% Undecided
Voters are closely divided over whether U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault a girl when he was in high school, although many are still withholding judgment. But confidence that Kavanaugh will ultimately be confirmed by the Senate is down.
September 21, 2018
Has Russia Given Up on the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan
By the end of his second term, President Ronald Reagan, who had called the Soviet Union an "evil empire," was strolling through Red Square with Russians slapping him on the back.
September 21, 2018
The Air Has Seeped out of the Russia-Collusion Balloon By Michael Barone
"I did not, and of course I looked for it, looked for it hard." That was Bob Woodward, promoting his book on the Trump White House, "Fear," replying to talk radio host and columnist Hugh Hewitt's question "Did you, Bob Woodward, hear anything in your research, in your interviews, that sounded like espionage or collusion?"
September 21, 2018
Most Don't Think Their Fellow Citizens Are Informed Voters
Most voters still think that they personally know the issues when they go to vote but question whether others do.
September 20, 2018
Voters Think Politicians Only Raise Race Issues to Get Elected
As campaigning for November’s midterm elections ramps up, voters are split over the level of racial discussions on the campaign trail but think those issues only come up in the first place to get votes.
September 20, 2018
Voters Like Presidential Emergency Text Alert System
In light of recent weather disasters like Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas, the Trump administration may begin using a program which sends out text alerts to all Americans in the event of an emergency, though not without pushback. Voters are generally on board with the idea, but now have a slightly less favorable opinion of the agency behind the alerts.
September 20, 2018
Pennsylvania Governor: Wolf (D) 52%, Wagner (R) 40%
Democratic incumbent Tom Wolf is sitting comfortably in his bid for reelection in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race.
September 20, 2018
Ratings Changes: House and Governors By Kyle Kondik
Affluent suburban seats looking dicier for GOP, but their numbers in the House are not all bad; Colorado, Michigan gubernatorial races shift to Democrats.
September 19, 2018
Pennsylvania Senate: Casey (D) 52%, Barletta (R) 38%
Incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr. appears comfortably on his way to reelection in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race.
September 19, 2018
Voters Aren’t Politically Correct And Say Neither is Trump
Voters view so-called political correctness as a problem and see it as a wedge used to silence opposition. President Obama was politically correct, they say; President Trump is not.
September 19, 2018
Prices Should Rise By John Stossel
Officials in states hit by Hurricane Florence are on the lookout for "price gouging."
September 19, 2018
Democrats Expand Lead Over Republicans on Generic Ballot
Democrats have widened their lead over Republicans on this week's Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.
September 19, 2018
'Believe Women' Is Perilous Baloney By Michelle Malkin
I have a message for virtue-signaling men who've rushed to embrace #MeToo operatives hurling uncorroborated sexual assault allegations into the chaotic court of public opinion.
September 18, 2018
Nearly Half of Adults Have Gone a Week Without Cash
Some southern California businesses have announced plans to go cashless, but the use of cash probably isn’t going away anytime soon, even though nearly half of adults still say they’ve gone a week without it - and that number’s even higher among younger adults.
