The last time a Democrat lost a special election for a U.S. House seat, George W. Bush was still president and gas was almost $4 a gallon. It was way back on May 3, 2008 when Hillary Clinton was still battling Barack Obama tooth-and-nail for the Democratic presidential nomination.
For the second month in a row, Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland and Republican challenger John Kasich are essentially even in Ohio’s hotly contested race for governor.
Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher emerged as the victor from Tuesday’s Democratic Primary, and now he and Republican nominee Rob Portman are in a virtual tie as Ohio’s U.S. Senate race begins in earnest.
British voters go to the polls today, and it appears likely that they will boot out the party in power for only the second time in 31 years. Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives ousted a Labor government in May 1979, and Tony Blair's "New Labor" party ousted the Conservatives in May 1997.
Both Democratic hopefuls have picked up support this month to move back ahead of the two leading Republican contenders for governor of Connecticut.
Within hours after the car bomb fizzled in Times Square, the nonstop noise resumed on Fox News and talk radio, warning that the Barack Obama administration is failing to protect us. Evidently, the president and his aides don't say "terror" and "terrorism" sufficiently often to make it go away, according to the professional noisemakers. If you believe that kind of nonsense, then you are listening too much to the professional noisemakers and may have caused damage to your mental health.
Believe it or not, most employed Americans think their boss knows best. Unless he or she works for the government.
North Carolina Democrats are now headed toward a June 22 runoff to determine who the party’s Senate nominee will be, and the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race finds Elaine Marshall leading Cal Cunningham by just five points.
Most U.S. voters still favor offshore oil drilling, but support has fallen dramatically following the oil rig explosion and major oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
The ink was barely dry on the $150 billion European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout of Greece, when world stock markets tanked on two major fears.
David Obey’s retirement announcement reshuffles the House deck for both parties. Democrats are scrambling to ensure other veteran Democrats do not follow suit, after thinking that the retirement tide had been stemmed. For Republicans the odds of a House majority do not look quite as long now that one of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s key allies has sidestepped a November reelection battle.
Just 48% of Florida voters now favor off shore oil drilling, while 35% are opposed, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
It was the best possible terrorism outcome: several heroes and no victims. A prime suspect sitting in cuffs, and chinks in the national security armor exposed for correction. But while the attack on Times Square failed, the perpetrator did manage a small psychological victory -- re-stirring the public's fear. We should cut that win down to size.
Republican Senator Richard Burr’s support has fallen below 50% for the first time since January in his reelection bid for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
Democratic Senate hopeful Richard Blumenthal continues to pull in over 50% of the vote and hold a double digit lead no matter who he’s matched against.
As New York elected officials continue to bicker over the state's projected $9 billion deficit, a new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey shows that a majority of voters hold the state legislature responsible for failing to resolve the budget crisis.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of Florida voters favor a law like Arizona’s that authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant.
Democratic incumbent Patty Murray manages to reach 50% support against her two leading announced Republican opponents in Washington State’s U.S. Senate race. But she remains in a virtual tie with another Republican, Dino Rossi, who has yet to rule himself in or out.
Just seven percent (7%) of New York voters view politicians in their state as less corrupt than those in other states, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
Adults still have mixed feelings about the state of the economy a year from today, but confidence in the economy's long-range prospects is at its lowest level in over a year.
