14. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: 15. At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.—The Holy Bible, Book of Deuteronomy.
Friday, May 21, 2010
After championing her state’s new immigration law in the face of criticism from President Obama and others, incumbent Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for the first time now attracts more than 50% support in her bid for reelection against likely Democratic candidate Terry Goddard.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Arizona shows Brewer with 52% of the vote and Goddard, who opposes the immigration law, with 39%. Seven percent (7%) prefer another candidate, while just three percent (3%) are undecided.
Arizona voters now support the new immigration law more than ever, with 71% who favor it versus just 24% who are opposed.
Brewer captures 69% of the votes of those who favor the law. Goddard, the state’s attorney general, earns 91% support from those who oppose it.
The incumbent’s support has been rising steadily over the past month since she outflanked Goddard and, despite his opposition, filed a suit challenging the recently-passed national health care plan. A mid-April survey saw Brewer with a 44% to 40% lead over Goddard. In late April, just after signing the popular new law to combat illegal immigration, the governor attracted 48% support to Goddard’s 40%. In March, by contrast, she had trailed 36% to 45%. In earlier surveys, with support ranging from 35% to 41%, she had usually trailed or tied the Democrat.
Both contenders for the Republican Senate nomination have widened their leads over Democrat Rodney Glassman in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Arizona shows incumbent Senator John McCain picking up 57% support to Glassman’s 28%. Nine percent (9%) favor some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, who is challenging McCain for the GOP nomination, earns 49% in a match-up with Glassman. Thirty-three percent (33%) prefer the Democrat. Nine percent (9%) of voters opt for some other candidate, and another nine percent (9%) are undecided.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
After receiving a small boost in ratings from their party’s voters last month following the passage of the national health care law, Democratic leaders in Congress now earn favorability marks more in line with those found in previous months.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows just 35% now share a favorable opinion of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, down eight points from April. Fifty-seven percent (57%) view the San Francisco Democrat unfavorably, up from 52% last month. The new findings include 14% with a Very Favorable opinion and 48% with a Very Unfavorable one.
Despite this month’s drop, ratings for Pelosi are still higher than they were in March and are identical to those found in January. In March, prior to passage of the health plan, Pelosi was viewed unfavorably by 64% of voters, which tied a high reached last August.
The number of Democrats who view Pelosi favorably fell from 78% to 65% this month.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of all voters view Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid favorably, down slightly from 29% a month ago. Fifty-three percent (53%) view the Nevada Democrat unfavorably, showing virtually no change this month.
Less than half (47%) of Democrats view Reid favorably, down from 51% last month.
Reid’s support remains frozen again this month around 40%, while two of his chief Republican opponents continue to draw over 50% of the vote in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race.
John McCain’s family owns at least eight properties — not the seven Democrats are alleging or the four McCain’s staff identified — according to a Politico analysis of property and tax records, as well as interviews.
The presumptive Republican nominee, though, may have some wiggle room in explaining why he couldn’t immediately provide an answer when asked by Politico how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. Sen. McCain himself does not own any of the properties. They’re all owned by Cindy McCain, her dependent children and the trusts and companies they control.
Brian Rogers, a McCain spokesman, did not question Politico’s analysis, but said his boss’s bungling of the how-many-homes question is a nonissue.
“Voters care a lot more about candidates’ personal ethics than about how many houses or residences or doghouses that John and Cindy McCain own,” he said. He questioned efforts by McCain’s Democratic rival, Barack Obama, to exploit the issue, given that Obama benefited from a 2005 land deal with the wife of convicted Chicago businessman — and former Obama fundraiser — Tony Rezko that expanded the Obama family’s newly purchased $1.65 million homestead.
The numbers are in, and they tell quite a story.
Arizona’s U.S. Senate candidate, conservative J.D. Hayworth, collected about 180 signatures each and every day during the petition drive to place his name on the Republican Primary ballot, compared to about 45 signatures collected each day by Sen. John McCain.
The significance is staggering, given that McCain had an eight month head start in his signature collection campaign, beginning with his initial signature on June 1, 2009. Former Congressman Hayworth’s first petition signature — gathered at a Republican meeting in McCain’s home district — bears the date of February 8, 2010.
In less than four months, Hayworth collected two-and-a-half times the number of signatures needed to qualify for the ballot. It took a year for McCain to garner roughly the same number of signatures.
And each month during the collection period, Hayworth obtained 3,535 signatures compared to McCain’s 1,011.
Why is BP being allowed to shut down First Amendment rights? Coast Guard states no rules in place to prevent media access.
One of the disturbing aspects of the BP oil spill is the clear violation of the First Amendment under threat of arrest.
In a CBS news video, Kelly Cobiella reported that she was turned away from filming the damage along the coast by a boat with two BP contractors and two Coast Guard officers. The Coast Guard was alleged to have said that it was BP rules, not ours.
According to The Huffington Post, Rob Wyman, the Lieutenant Commander of the USCG Deepwater Horizon Unified Command Joint Information Center has sent us a statement in response to this incident.
…Neither BP nor the U.S. Coast Guard, who are responding to the spill, have any rules in place that would prohibit media access to impacted areas and we were disappointed to hear of this incident.
The timing of the reporter incident are suspicious as several anomalies concerning the damaged oil rig are surfacing. Fishermen, contracted to assist in the clean up, are reporting sicknesses that they relate to the chemicals used by BP. RawStory.com reported Goldman Sacs sold large shares of BP stock in the days prior to the accident.
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