Speaking at a dinner of American and Chinese businessmen in New York last week, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the China-U.S. relationship “enjoys a bright future because common interests between our two countries far outweigh our differences.”
Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters in California favor the new $50 billion job and infrastructure program announced by President Obama earlier this month.
Most voters are skeptical about the Republicans’ new national Pledge to America, but most think the GOP is at least somewhat likely to do what it promises if it gains control of Congress.
Democrat Dan Malloy now holds a 10-point lead over Republican Thomas Foley in the race to be Connecticut’s next governor.
Republican John Raese has edged ahead of West Virginia’s popular Democratic Governor Joe Manchin for the first time in the state’s special U.S. Senate race.
Republican Rob Portman now crosses the 50% mark for the first time in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race.
Republican Senator Tom Coburn receives his highest level of support yet against Democratic challenger Jim Rogers in his bid for reelection in Oklahoma.
Republican Terry Branstad maintains a double-digit lead against Democratic incumbent Chet Culver in Iowa’s gubernatorial race.
While the headlines have cooled a bit in recent weeks, voters feel more strongly than ever that the federal government is encouraging illegal immigration and that states like Arizona have the answer to the problem.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of voters in Texas favor an immigration law similar to the one recently passed in Arizona in their own state.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Likely Voters nationwide now favor repeal of the new health care law, including 46% who Strongly Favor repeal, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Democrat Richard Blumenthal now holds just a five-point lead over Republican Linda McMahon in Connecticut’s race for the U.S. Senate.
Democrat Chris Coons holds a double-digit lead over Republican hopeful Christine O’Donnell in the first Rasmussen Reports post-primary survey of the U.S. Senate race in Delaware.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of U.S. voters think it is at least somewhat likely that most of today’s younger workers will work past the traditional retirement age of 65, according to a new Rasmsusen Reports national telephone survey. This includes 47% who say it is Very Likely.
Interestingly, however, older voters tend to believe this more strongly than those who are younger.
Roughly half of voters (53%) in Colorado favor repeal of the national health care law. That’s lower than the support for repeal found on the national level.
Republican Senator Jim DeMint earns his highest level of support yet in his bid for reelection in South Carolina.
Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson continues to hold a double-digit lead over Democrat Michael Thurmond in Georgia’s race for the U.S. Senate.
Only 31% of voters in California approve of the job Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing as governor, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
For now, Republican John Hoeven faces little competition in his bid to win the North Dakota Senate seat now held by retiring Democrat Byron Dorgan.
The president and his party had another tough week. But, let’s face it, it’s a tough season for incumbents in general.
