Archive: May 20, 2007 - May 26, 2007
Holding Their Attention
(Seth Hamblin -- The Washington Post) While John Edwards, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton drew the most visitors to their sites in March, Mitt Romney's Web site held them there the longest, according to data for Nielsen NetRatings. -- Seth Hamblin...
By | May 25, 2007; 3:45 PM ET | Comments (0)
McCain's Money Chase
Hoping to rebound from a disappointing fundraising haul during the first quarter, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain has scheduled a blitz of money events - 18 over the next 22 days - to support his presidential campaign. He's raising money in Texas and Washington this week and then off to...
By | May 23, 2007; 2:40 PM ET | Comments (1)
Post-ABC CCI Reaches a New Low for 2007
As national gas prices continue to surge, consumer confidence has now sagged to its lowest level in nearly eight months. This week, the Washington Post-ABC Consumer Comfort Index (CCI) is at -9 on its scale of -100 to +100, down six points over the past two weeks. The CCI has...
By Jennifer Agiesta | May 22, 2007; 5:25 PM ET | Comments (1)
Pew Surveys Muslims in America
A new study puts the number of U.S. Muslims aged 18 and over at 1.4 million, about 0.6 percent of the total adult population. The research, based on the first national probability sample of U.S. Muslims, offers a detailed look at the diverse community, and reveals most Muslim Americans to...
By Jon Cohen | May 22, 2007; 10:55 AM ET | Comments (27)
A Busy House
The House of Representatives has been voting often this year. On May 2 the House was in session from 10 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. and during that time held 23 recorded votes, one shy of the most on a single calendar day in the period since 1991 (a "legislative day"...
By | May 21, 2007; 7:00 PM ET | Comments (0)
