Maryland: Steele Gets Help From Giuliani

Pennsylvania: Even Liberal Senator Spector Knows State Needs to Keep Santorum

Giuliani has 12 pt. Lead over McCain

California: Schwarzenegger Now up by 13 pts.

An interesting point in this article is that Angelides only leads by 10 pts. in the Liberal Swamp of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Also, Schwarzenegger is actually leading by 5 pts. in the heavily Democratic Los Angeles area.

New York: Rep. Sweeney Victim of Liberal Group's False Ads

Gallup Poll Shows Nationwide Republican Surge

New Jersey: Kean Leads Menendez by 4 pts.

Arizona: Senate Race—Kyl 52, Pederson 35

California: Governor's Race—Schwarzenegger 48, Angelides 42

This is a slight improvement for Arnold since the last Rasmussen Poll taken in July, where he only led by 3 pts.

Americans Want Terrorist Profiling

In order to prevent terrorism at places like airports and subways, should authorities be able to single out people who look like they might be of Middle Eastern origin to search or question?

Yes	60%
No	37%
Not sure	4%

How worried are you that there will be another terrorist attack on the United States in the next few months?

Very worried	15%
Somewhat worried	47%
Not too worried	24%
Not worried at all	13%
Not sure	1%

Source: Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,080 registered American voters, conducted from Aug. 17 to Aug. 23, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

Mexico: Calderon Would Win Again...by a Huge Margin

If the presidential election took place again, who would you vote for?

Felipe Calderón (PAN)	48%
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD)	35%
Roberto Madrazo (PRI)	13%

Source: GEA-ISA
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,152 Mexican adults, conducted from Aug. 19 to Aug. 21, 2006. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.

Missouri: Senate Race — Talent 46, McCaskill 44

Canada: Conservatives Gain Support

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

	Aug. 13	Jul. 31	Jul. 23
Conservative	36%	32%	36%
Liberal	29%	31%	30%
New Democratic Party	15%	16%	17%
Bloc Québécois	10%	11%	11%
Green	7%	8%	--

Source: Decima Research / Canadian Press
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,004 Canadian adults, conducted from Aug. 10 to Aug. 13, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Germany: CDU/CSU Coalition Still Popular

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

	Aug. 23	Jul. 20	Jul. 12
Christian-Democratic Union Bavarian Christian-Social (CDU-CSU)	35%	35%	35%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	29%	29%	28%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	13%	13%	12%
Left Party (Linke)	10%	9%	9%
Green Party (Grune)	9%	10%	11%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 German voters, conducted from Aug. 22 and Aug. 23, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Israel: Likud Looking Strong

Prospective results of a Knesset election with Kadima led by Ehud Olmert
(Results presented in seats)

	Dahaf	Maagar
Likud (Consolidation)	23	20
Kadima (Forward)	19	23
Israel Our Home (Yisrael Beiteinu)	19	15
Labour	13	12
International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews (Shas)	11	13
National Union (Ikhud) and Mafdal (National Religious Party)	8	12
Yahadut Hatorah (United Torah Judaism)	6	6
Together (Yachad)	6	5
Gil (Retired People’s Party)	3	4
Arab parties	11	10

Source: Dahaf Institute / Yediot Ahronot
Methodology: Interviews with 499 Israeli adults, conducted on Aug. 23, 2006. Margin of error is 3.7 per cent.

Source: Maagar Mochot
Methodology: Interviews with 522 Israeli adults, conducted on Aug. 22, 2006. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.

National Senate Races Shift in Favor of GOP

Somalia: Islamo-Fascists Expand Grip

"The world better learn who we are, this is just the beginning stage."

Connecticut: Democrats Fail to Kick Lieberman off Ballot

Lebanon: EU to Provide 7,000 Troops

At least that's what they say now.

Sweden: Center-Right Coalition Leading

Pennsylvania: Santorum Within 5 pts. of Casey

Maine: Senate Race—Snowe Winning Big in 4 Polls

Russia: Only 11% Favor Friendly Relations with Ukraine

How should Russia deal with the new government?

Russia’s foreign policy should be carried out on the basis only of its economic interests	41%
Russia should look at what will be the policy of the new government and only then to decide to go towards the Ukraine or not	26%
Russia should take friendly steps towards Ukraine in a number of most important questions, including price of gas	11%
Hard to answer	22%

How you do expect Ukraine’s politics to develop during the new government?

Pro-Western, anti-Russian	9%
Pro-Western course will be softened	14%
Equally balanced between the West and Russia	25%
More Pro-Russian	15%
Hard to answer	38%

Source: All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center
Methodology: Interviews with 1,600 Russian adults, conducted on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, 2006. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.

Brazil: Citizens Now Favor Death Penalty

And why not. They've had the death penalty for children in Rio for decades.

How would you vote in a referendum on whether Brazil should reinstate the death penalty?

In favour	51%
Against	42%
Not sure	7%

Source: Datafolha / Folha de Sao Paulo
Methodology: Interviews with 6,969 Brazilian adults, conducted on Aug. 7 and Aug. 8, 2006. Margin of error is 2 per cent.

France: Sarkozy Leading

Who would you vote for in the presidential election?

Option 1

	Aug. 2006	Jul. 2006	Jun. 2006
Nicolas Sarkozy	37%	35%	35%
Ségolène Royal	28%	29%	29%
Jean-Marie Le Pen	11%	13%	12%
François Bayrou	6%	6%	5%
Olivier Besancenot	5%	4%	6%
Arlette Laguiller	4%	3%	3%
José Bové	3%	2%	--
Philippe de Villiers	2%	3%	4%
Marie-George Buffet	2%	3%	4%
Dominique Voynet	2%	2%	2%

Option 2

	Aug. 2006	Jul. 2006	Jun. 2006
Ségolène Royal	37%	35%	37%
Jean-Marie Le Pen	16%	18%	17%
Dominique de Villepin	13%	13%	12%
François Bayrou	11%	10%	10%
Philippe de Villiers	6%	7%	8%
Olivier Besancenot	6%	5%	7%
Arlette Laguiller	4%	3%	3%
José Bové	3%	3%	--
Marie-George Buffet	2%	4%	4%
Dominique Voynet	2%	2%	2%

Run-Off Scenarios

Ségolène Royal 49% - 51% Nicolas Sarkozy
Ségolène Royal 61% - 39% Dominique de Villepin

Source: Ipsos / Le Point
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 963 French adults, conducted on Aug. 18 and Aug. 19, 2006. No margin of error was provided.

McCain Fears Romney in Iowa

Missouri: Senate Race—Talent 46, McCaskill 44

North Dakota: Hoeven Still America's Most Popular Governor

Maine: Governor's Race—Baldacci 43, Woodcock 42

Georgia: Governor's Race—Perdue 54, Mark Taylor 41

Connecticut: Rell Still Winning Big in Newest Poll

Germany: Failed Train Attack?

Italy: British Flight Forced Down by Bomb Scare

"The captain was advised and, as a precautionary measure, made the decision to divert into Brindisi."

Israel: Strike on Iranian Nuclear Death Factories Approved of

Should Israel bomb the Iranian nuclear core?

Yes	63%
No	30%

Source: Teleseker / Maariv
Methodology: Interviews with 513 Israeli adults, conducted on Aug. 15, 2006. Margin of error is 4.3 per cent.

Israel: World Council of Churches Condemns Jewish State's Self-Defense

And of course if you click on this story, you will see it takes you to Aljazeera. They are just eating this up.
In case you don't know, the World Council of Churches really is not what it's name implies at all. It is a liberal front-group for several cultish fringe 'churches.' One thing they have in common, obviously, is a shared hatred of Jews. As you read the Aljazeera piece, notice how they conveniently leave this important piece of information out.

Connecticut: Rell, Lieberman With Strong Leads

Liberal Judge Deals America Blow in Terror War

Texas: Governor Perry Still Dominates the Field Over the 3 Clowns

Illinois: Governor's Race — Topinka Closing in on Blogojevich

Montana: Burns Comes All the Way Back, Tied With Tester

Maryland: Early Voting Unconstitutional

This is a clear victory of the GOP in Maryland, because the unconstitutional early voting gave the Democrat controlled state more time to rig the state's elections at their leisure.

Bolivia: Support Slipping for Leftist Morales

Do you approve or disapprove of Evo Morales’ performance as president?

	Jul. 2006	Jun. 2006	May 2006
Approve	68%	75%	81%
Disapprove	24%	20%	15%
No opinion	8%	5%	4%

Source: Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado
Methodology: Interviews with 1,009 Bolivian adults in La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, conducted from Jul. 10 to Jul. 17, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

New York: Giuliani Leads Hillary in NY

Israel: New Commander in Terror War

Georgia: Voters Give Raving-Lunatic-McKinney the Boot

Woo hoo!
The witch is dead.
I wonder who she will blame for her embarrassing loss?
Maybe the Jews.

Alabama: Governor's Race — Riley 55, Baxley 31

Connecticut: Lieberman Will Continue Fight

Let's see if the Million-Dollar Empty Suit can do as well as he did in the general election as he did in the primary, where only a few lunatic-fringe leftists were able to band together and oust Senator Lieberman (for the sin of once in a while being bi-partisan).

Texas: Senate Race — Hutchison 61, Radnofsky 31

Michigan: DeVos Winning, Bouchard Would Give Stabenow Toughest Race

Canada: Conservatives Still #1 Party

How would you vote if an election were held today?

	Jul. 30	Jul. 15	Jun. 2006
Conservative	38%	37%	36%
Liberal	29%	26%	27%
New Democratic Party	15%	18%	19%
Bloc Québécois	11%	11%	9%
Green	8%	9%	9%

Source: The Strategic Counsel / CTV / The Globe and Mail
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Canadian adults, conducted from Jul. 27 to Jul. 30, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Pennsylvania: Swann Gains Ground but Still Behind

Pennsylvania: Santorum Within 6 pts of Casey

Connecticut: Dems Poised to Cannibalize Their Own

Vermont: Governor's Race — Douglas 47, Parker 36

Georgia: Governor's Race — Perdue 53, Taylor 39

UK: Conservatives and Labour Gain; Liberal Democrats Slip

If there were to be a general election tomorrow, which party do you think you would vote for?

	Jul. 23	Jun. 18	May 21
Conservative	39%	37%	38%
Labour	35%	32%	34%
Liberal Democrat	17%	21%	20%
Other	9%	10%	8%

Source: ICM Research / The Guardian
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,001 British adults, conducted from Jul. 21 to Jul. 23, 2006. No margin of error was provided.

Australia: Howard's Popularity Grows

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way John Howard is doing his job as prime minister?

	Jul. 30	Jul. 16	Jul. 2
Satisfied	50%	47%	43%
Dissatisfied	39%	43%	47%

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Kim Beazley is doing his job as leader of the opposition?

	Jul. 30	Jul. 16	Jul. 2
Satisfied	35%	34%	32%
Dissatisfied	50%	49%	50%

Who do you think would make the better prime minister?

	Jul. 30	Jul. 16	Jul. 2
John Howard (Lib.)	53%	53%	49%
Kim Beazley (ALP)	26%	27%	29%

Source: Newspoll / The Australian
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,154 Australian voters, conducted from Jul. 28 to Jul. 30, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

Ohio: Close Senate Race — Brown 44, DeWine 42

Hopefully Senator DeWine will gain some momentum and put some distance between and Sherrod Brown when the people of Ohio finally pay attention to this race and discover what an extremist kook he is.

Poland: Pro-Israel Prostest in Warsaw

China: 6 Killed in Military Barracks Flood

Venezuela: US Congress Condemns Lack of Support Against Narco Trade

Venezuela: Won't Cut Off Oil to US

That's mighty nice of dictator Hugo Chavez. In that case, maybe we won't just go down there and take the oil from him.

North Carolina: Decker Guilty of Accepting Bribe to Switch Parties

“I'm not going to say anything right now. I’ll talk later."