With terrorist attacks an almost a daily occurrence in Pakistan as troops there fight a widening Taliban front, 42% of likely voters believe it would be impossible for the United States to win the war in Afghanistan if Pakistan remains unstable.
If the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats passes, 57% of voters nationwide believe it will raise the cost of health care, and 53% believe the quality of care will get worse. That’s part of the reason that just 45% support the plan. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 51% are opposed to it.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Massachusetts voters say embattled Governor Deval Patrick should step aside rather than seek reelection next year, even as his chances look slightly better with an
independent candidate in the race.
Voters in Michigan have a slightly less gloomy view of the economy but strongly disapprove of the job Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm is doing. Right now at least Republicans have an even chance of regaining the governor’s mansion next year in a state that has been trending blue of late.
These days, political turmoil isn’t a one-way street.
The Obama administration and the Federal Reserve Board this week both moved a step closer to regulating compensation at major banks and bailed-out financial firms, but most Americans have reservations about how far the government should go.
The 2010 Democratic Primary race for governor in Georgia is still Roy Barnes’ to lose, but State Attorney General Thurbert Baker has moved 10 points closer over the last two months.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide say that passing no health care reform bill this year would be better than passing the plan currently working its way through Congress.
President Obama told an audience at a Democratic Party fundraiser Wednesday night that Republicans often “do what they’re told,” but GOP voters don’t think their legislators listen enough to them.
For the first time this year, a plurality (48%) of U.S. voters think it’s unlikely that the Guantanamo prison camp for suspected terrorists will be closed by January as President Obama has repeatedly vowed.
Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters nationwide say laws should be changed so that health insurance companies are subject to anti-trust regulations. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 12% disagree, while 23% are not sure.
In a generic ballot match-up for the 2010 Governor election in Illinois, a Democratic candidate holds a 43% to 37% edge over a Republican.
John Oxendine, Georgia’s fire and insurance commissioner, continues to hold a commanding lead over all other Republican gubernatorial hopefuls in an early look at next year’s state GOP Primary.
Republican hopeful Bill McCollum now has a double-digit lead over his likeliest Democratic competitor, Alex Sink, in Florida’s 2010 race for governor, but the race between the two is little changed from June.
The contest for the 2010 Republican Senate nomination in Florida is a little closer this month, but Governor Charlie Crist still holds a 14-point lead over former state House Speaker Marco Rubio.
Both men seeking the Republican nomination to become Florida’s next U.S. senator lead their likely Democratic opponent by double digits.
In New Jersey, this year's governor’s race may come down to turnout and how much support an independent candidate can hold onto.
Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele is the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee, in essence making him the official head of the party. Since his election to the post in January, he has been dogged with intraparty criticism for controversial comments and for taking positions out in front of the GOP’s top elected officials.
The Senate Finance Committee has finally made its 1,500-page version of the health care reform bill public. But not to worry: As the Washington newspaper The Politico reports this morning, “It’s important to remember that the bill won’t exist in this form for long.”
The 2010 U.S. Senate race in Illinois is now a dead heat between the top Democratic and Republican contenders.
