46% Say U.S. Health Care System Good or Excellent
Forty-six percent (46%) of voters now describe the U.S. health care system as good or excellent, but that’s down from a recent high of 55% in late April/early May.
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June 23, 2010
June 23, 2010
70% in Texas Favor Offshore Oil Drilling
Seventy percent (70%) of Likely Voters in Texas now say offshore oil drilling should be allowed, according to a new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey.
June 23, 2010
42% Oppose Kagan's Confirmation, 35% Favor
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters now believe Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan should not be confirmed following the Senate hearings scheduled to begin next week. That's up nine points from the week President Obama announced her nomination and the highest level of opposition to date in Rasmussen Reports tracking of the Kagan nomination.
June 23, 2010
The Opportunity in Afghanistan by Susan Estrich
During the most difficult days of the Mondale-Ferraro campaign in 1984, someone printed up a button that said: "There are no problems. Only opportunities."
June 23, 2010
44% Give Obama Good Marks on National Security
Forty-four percent (44%) of U.S. voters now say President Obama is doing a good or excellent job handling national security issues as he prepares to discipline his top commander in Afghanistan for insubordination.
June 23, 2010
Obama the Isolationist? by Tony Blankley
Is it possible for an American president to carry out accidentally an isolationist foreign policy? That odd question crossed my mind last week as I talked with various foreign-policy experts about the Middle East, Russia and Afghanistan. There can be no doubt that by his words and his travels, President Obama intends to be anything but an isolationist president.
June 23, 2010
Vermont Governor: Dubie (R) 47%, Markowitz (D) 40%
Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie remains ahead of all five of his Democratic opponents in the race for governor of Vermont, crossing the 50% mark in four of the match-ups.
June 23, 2010
Undecideds Dominate Arizona’s Democratic Primary for Senate
Arizona Democrats won’t pick their Senate nominee for another two months, which is just as well since 46% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters in the state are undecided at this point.
June 23, 2010
From New Jersey to Beijing and Back Again By Lawrence Kudlow
Here are some thoughts on a few recent and important money-politics headlines.
June 22, 2010
Oregon Senate: Wyden (D) 47%, Huffman (R) 37%
There’s little change in Oregon’s U.S. Senate race this month, with incumbent Democrat Ron Wyden dropping below 50% once again but still holding a 10-point lead on Republican challenger Jim Huffman.
June 22, 2010
35% in New York Approve of Governor Paterson’s Performance
Thirty-five percent (35%) of Likely Voters in New York now approve of the job Governor David Paterson is doing, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey.
June 22, 2010
Wisconsin Senate: Feingold (D) 46%, Johnson (R) 45%
Incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold is still in a virtual dead heat with endorsed Republican challenger Ron Johnson in Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race.
June 22, 2010
32% Say Canada Has Better Health System Than U.S.
Supporters of the national health care plan have often looked north to Canada’s nationalized system as a model for what they have in mind, and 32% of U.S. voters say Canada has a better health care system than the United States.
June 22, 2010
55% in New York Support Offshore Oil Drilling
New York voters are slightly less supportive of offshore oil drilling than their peers nationally.
June 22, 2010
Electrify the Roads By Froma Harrop
My magic wand is on the fritz, otherwise we'd have a big, new federal program to free America from its dependence on oil. Like other environmentalists, I'm sad that the calamity in the Gulf of Mexico hasn't spurred Washington to more vigorously promote America's exit from this curse.
June 22, 2010
Voters Say Hillary More Qualified To Be President Than Obama, Romney, Gingrich, Palin
U.S. voters think Hillary Clinton is more qualified to be president than Barack Obama, but most believe that both Democrats are more fit for the White House than three top Republicans interested in the job.
June 22, 2010
If You Can't Budget, You Can't Govern by Debra J. Saunders
"If you can't budget, you can't govern," Rep. John Spratt Jr., D-S.C., proclaimed in 2006 when the House GOP leadership chose to dispense with passing a budget resolution.
June 22, 2010
Arizona GOP Primary for Senate: McCain 47%, Hayworth 36%, Deakin 7%
Longtime Senator John McCain continues to lead Arizona’s Republican Primary by double digits but remains in the same narrow range of support he’s drawn since January.
June 22, 2010
12% See Secession Attempt as Very Likely in Next 25 Years Or So
As far as most Americans are concerned, the United States isn’t going away any time soon.
June 22, 2010
Obama's Thuggery Is Useless in Fighting Spill By Michael Barone
Thuggery is unattractive. Ineffective thuggery even more so. Which may be one reason so many Americans have been reacting negatively to the response of Barack Obama and his administration to BP's gulf oil spill.
