Arizona Governor Jan Brewer last week signed a new law into effect that authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant.
Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is still in a close race with her strongest Republican challenger but has gained support in match-ups with two other GOP hopefuls.
He was Maryland’s first African-American lieutenant governor and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate.
Eight-out-of-10 Americans (80%) say that their religious faith is at least somewhat important in their daily lives, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Sixty-six percent (66%) of likely Texas voters believe that America is overtaxed, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. Twenty percent (20%) disagree, and 13% more aren't sure.
Forty-two percent (42%) of voters nationwide now believe the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror.
Now that Congress has finished the health care debate, the Obama administration is turning its attention to the financial industry.
Only 21% of Americans think that rulings by judges in recent years regarding religion in public life have correctly interpreted the U.S. Constitution, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the likely Democratic candidate, now attracts virtually the same level of support as his two Republican opponents in Wisconsin’s race for governor.
A federal judge in Wisconsin recently struck down the National Day of Prayer, declared by Congress in 1952, as unconstitutional, following a court challenge by an atheist group.
As Pennsylvania wrestles with another tough budget year, 64% of voters in the state say they prefer a smaller government with lower taxes than a more active state government with higher taxes.
Forty-six percent (46%) of voters expect their own taxes to go up during the Obama administration. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 12% expect their taxes to go down.
Political observers have had their attention directed to state attorneys general of late, due to the court suits against the federal health care reform bill initially filed by fifteen AGs (14 of them Republican, and a lone Democrat from Louisiana).
More service is not necessarily good service. And bad service dressed as good service is even worse. Here are examples:
Let me be clear at the outset: I love dogs. Not like them, love them. Of course, I love mine the best: Judy J. Estrich, Molly Emily Estrich and Irving A. Estrich. Judy is named after one of my dearest friends, Judy Jarvis, who died of cancer 10 years ago. Molly is named after her dog, who took care of her when she was sick and taught me not to be afraid of big dogs.
Georgia Republican Johnny Isakson finally has a major Democratic opponent in his bid for reelection to the U.S. Senate, but the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race finds the incumbent holding on to more than 50% support.
Sixty percent (60%) of U.S. adults nationwide say that capitalism is better than socialism. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 18% disagree, while 21% are not sure.
The rematch is on: Republican Bob Ehrlich is officially challenging incumbent Democrat Martin O’Malley for governor of Maryland, and the race at this stage is wide open.
Forty-seven percent (47%) of likely voters in Pennsylvania now approve of the job Ed Rendell is doing as governor.
President Obama and congressional Democrats are pushing plans for greater regulation of the U.S. financial industry, but Americans are less confident than ever that the nation’s policymakers know what they’re doing when it comes to dealing with Wall Street.
