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January 2009

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January 30, 2009

Majority See Reagan As Republicans’ Way Back To Power

Ronald Reagan isn’t just a Republican thing anymore.

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January 29, 2009

Republicans Like GOP’s Conservative Direction, Democrats Don’t

One thing for sure: Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on the future direction of the Republican Party.

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January 26, 2009

44% of Democrats Say Bush Team Guilty of War Crimes

Forty-four percent (44%) of Democratic voters believe President Bush and senior members of his administration are guilty of war crimes. Only 28% of the nation’s Democrats disagree.

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January 13, 2009

Majority Rates Bush as One of America’s Worst Presidents

President George W. Bush in a final press conference on Monday acknowledged he made some mistakes in the White House, but most Americans – at least for now – are a lot more critical than that.

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January 9, 2009

Voters Warm To Government Action on Economy

What a difference a financial meltdown makes.

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January 7, 2009

Only 26% Think U.S. Will Be Safer At Year’s End

Just 26% of Americans think the United States will be safer at the end of Barack Obama's first year in office than it is today, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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January 6, 2009

America First? Maybe Not

Americans are narrowly divided over whether the United States will still be the world’s most powerful nation at the end of the current century.

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January 5, 2009

48% Expect Washington Politics to Be More Cooperative

Nearly half of U.S. voters (48%) now think politics in Washington, D.C., will be more cooperative in the next year, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.