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August 13, 2010

Georgia Governor: Deal (R) 51%, Barnes (D) 42%

Coming off his razor-thin Republican Primary runoff win on Tuesday, former Congressman Nathan Deal earns better than 50% support against Democrat Roy Barnes in Georgia's race for governor.

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August 13, 2010

Minnesota Governor: Dayton (D) 45%, Emmer (R) 36%, Horner (I) 10%

The first Rasmussen Reports post-primary telephone survey of Likely Minnesota voters finds Democrat Mark Dayton leading Republican Tom Emmer and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner in the state’s gubernatorial race.

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August 13, 2010

Birth Days, Death Days By Susan Estrich

My friend Kath would have turned 60 this week.

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August 13, 2010

Most Oppose Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants

Most Americans still oppose granting U.S. citizenship automatically to children born in America to illegal immigrants.

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August 13, 2010

Obama’s Transparency Charade Continues By Howard Rich

The more things “change,” the more they stay the same in Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C. – especially when it comes to government transparency.

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August 13, 2010

Connecticut Senate: Blumenthal (D) 47%, McMahon (R) 40%

The first Rasmussen Reports post-primary telephone survey of Likely Connecticut Voters finds that Democrat Richard Blumenthal has slipped below the 50% mark of support this month against Republican Linda McMahon in the state’s U.S. Senate race.

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August 13, 2010

Blood Diamonds Meet U.N. Swells By Debra J. Saunders

Prosecutors at the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone at The Hague interrupted the trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor last week with some comic relief. They put supermodel Naomi Campbell on the stand to tie Taylor to the trade of "blood diamonds."

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August 13, 2010

Colorado Governor: Hickenlooper (D) 43%, Maes (R) 31%, Tancredo (ACP) 18%

Tom Tancredo’s entrance into the Colorado governor’s race cuts substantially into support for the two Republican hopefuls and gives Democrat John Hickenlooper a double-digit lead. But overall support for Hickenlooper remains where it’s been for months.

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August 12, 2010

34% Say U.S.-Israel Relationship Will Get Worse

U.S. voters are now as pessimistic about America’s relationship with Israel as they are about relations with the Muslim world.

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August 12, 2010

70% Say D.C. Politics Will Be More Partisan Over Next Year

Seventy percent (70%) of U.S. voters now expect politics in Washington, D.C. to be more partisan over the next year. That's up four points from last month and the highest finding since President Obama took office in January 2009.

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August 12, 2010

77% Think U.S. Nuclear Weapons Arsenal is Important to National Security

Most Americans think a nuclear weapon arsenal is critical to the country's safety, and they feel more is better.

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August 12, 2010

New Staff Aug 12

Rasmussen Reports, LLC Grows Staff and Web site

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August 12, 2010

Illinois Governor: Brady (R) 48%, Quinn (D) 35%

Republican Bill Brady remains ahead of embattled Democratic Governor Pat Quinn in Illinois’ gubernatorial race.

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August 12, 2010

Most Voters Say Obama, Congressional Democrats More Liberal Than They Are

Most voters in the country now believe President Obama and the average Democrat in Congress are more liberal, politically speaking, than they are.

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August 12, 2010

The Racists Return By Joe Conason

Among the most revealing aspects of life during the Obama presidency is the panoply of responses to a black family in the White House. What made so many of us proud of our country on Jan. 20, 2009, has increasingly provoked expressions of hatred from the far right. That is troubling, but not nearly as troubling as the behavior of conservatives who excuse, embolden or simply pretend to ignore the bigots surrounding them.

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August 12, 2010

Wisconsin Governor: Walker (R) 49%, Barrett (D) 41%

Republican front-runner Scott Walker holds an eight-point lead over Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the race to be Wisconsin’s next governor.

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August 12, 2010

Obama's State Capitalism: A Failure of Modesty By Michael Barone

"The pace of economic recovery is likely to be more modest in the near term than had been anticipated." Those were the carefully chosen words of the Federal Reserve Board after its meeting Tuesday. Translation into English: We wuz wrong.

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August 12, 2010

Missouri Senate: Blunt (R) 50%, Carnahan (D) 43%

The race between Republican Congressman Roy Blunt and Democrat Robin Carnahan in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race is little changed after both candidates easily won their party primaries last week.

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August 12, 2010

Regulation Made Canada Fat and Happy By Froma Harrop

Suppose the U.S. government had posted a budget surplus in 12 of the past 13 years. Suppose not a single major American financial institution had failed or needed a government bailout. Suppose the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 6.1 percent in the first quarter of this year, rather than at 2.7 percent.

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August 12, 2010

Colorado Senate: Buck (R) 46%, Bennet (D) 41%

The first Rasmussen Reports post-primary telephone survey of Likely Voters in Colorado shows a close U.S. Senate race between Republican challenger Ken Buck and incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet.