Washington Senate: Murray Still Short of 50% Against Any Republican
Democratic incumbent Patty Murray still falls just short of 50% support in match-ups with five potential GOP rivals in Washington State’s race for the U.S. Senate.
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April 9, 2010
April 9, 2010
Illinois Senate: Kirk 41%, Giannoulias 37%
Republican Congressman Mark Kirk claims 41% support for the second month in a row in Illinois’s U.S. Senate race, while his Democratic opponent, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, has lost ground.
April 9, 2010
Losing the Stomach for Humanitarian Interventions By Michael Barone
Over the last two decades, the United States has intervened militarily in several countries to protect human rights. Now, writes historian Mark Mazower in World Affairs, "the concept of humanitarian intervention is dying if not dead." And a good thing, too, he concludes.
April 8, 2010
12% Likely to Buy Apple’s iPad
Apple's new iPad hit shelves across the country this week, and a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 12% of Americans say they're likely to purchase one. This includes four percent (4%) who are very likely to do so.
April 8, 2010
33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 8, 2010
Missouri Senate: Blunt 48% Carnahan 42%
Republican Roy Blunt continues to hold a slight lead over Democrat Robin Carnahan in Missouri’s contest for the U.S. Senate. These findings and the high level of opposition to the national health care plan in the state perhaps help to explain why Carnahan wasn’t around yesterday when President Obama came to Missouri to pitch his plan.
April 8, 2010
55% Oppose Limits On U.S. Nuclear Response To Attacks
Fifty-five percent (55%) of U.S. voters oppose President Obama’s new policy prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons in response to chemical or biological attacks on the United States.
April 8, 2010
Rebuilding an American Legacy By Joe Conason
If there is any subject that enrages those who now call themselves conservatives, it is federal spending -- and especially the stimulus program enacted by the Democratic administration and Congress last year. The government can do nothing right, they say. The stimulus was pure waste that created no jobs at all. The country would be better off without Washington taxing and spending at all.
April 8, 2010
Colorado Senate: Norton 46%, Bennet 41%
Incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet has edged slightly closer to his strongest Republican rival, ex-Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton, in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race.
April 8, 2010
April Senate Update By Larry J. Sabato
A lot has happened since our last Senate update in January. And yet overall, the balance hasn’t changed dramatically.
April 8, 2010
Illinois Governor: Brady 45%, Quinn 38%
Republican State Senator Bill Brady now leads Governor Pat Quinn 45% to 38% in Illinois's gubernatorial contest, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state.
April 8, 2010
The Five Commandments of Tax Reform By Froma Harrop
The tax code needs fixing to be fairer and less complex. But let's set some rules for this debate. Here are the Five Commandments of Tax Reform:
April 7, 2010
Massachusetts Voters Like Offshore Drilling But Not Off Their State
Voters in Massachusetts strongly favor the resumption of offshore oil drilling, but they have mixed feelings about allowing it off the coast of their own state.
April 7, 2010
35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
For the second straight week, 35% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 7, 2010
65% Say Americans Not Willing To Make Major Lifestyle Changes To Help Environment
Most Americans see a need for major lifestyle cutbacks to help the environment, but even more don’t think that's likely to happen.
April 7, 2010
17% Say They’re Likely To Buy An All-Electric Car Next
Despite major announcements in recent days from both Ford and Nissan about stepped-up development of electric cars, just 17% of Americans say it is at least somewhat likely that the next car they buy will be all-electric, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 7, 2010
Connecticut Governor: GOP’s Foley Gains on Lamont, Malloy
Republican Thomas Foley now enjoys a modest lead over his two top Democratic opponents in Connecticut’s gubernatorial race, a contest that was a toss-up two months ago.
April 7, 2010
A Sinking Ship of State By Tony Blankley
Last summer, President Obama spent several months publicly anguishing over what he would or wouldn't do in Afghanistan. Finally, he agreed to ramp up troop levels but warned that he intended to start getting American troops out in 18 months. After anguishing in several columns over the president's anguishing, I concluded in November 2009:
April 7, 2010
Massachusetts Governor: Patrick 35% Baker 27% Cahill 23%
President Obama was in Massachusetts last week to boost the reelection bid of embattled Governor Deval Patrick, but his numbers in the state’s gubernatorial race show little change.
