Sacramento is so desperate to erase the state budget's $26.3 billion shortfall that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic Legislature seem poised to end decades of prohibition so that they can tap new revenue from a widely occurring natural resource -- one dear to many Californians and known for its unmistakable aroma.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the environment.
"Spoiled: Organic and Local Is So 2008," read the headline in Mother Jones magazine. You can imagine the snark that followed.
Buzz Aldrin, one of the three U.S. astronauts who first walked on the moon in 1969, says America’s next goal should be sending a manned mission to Mars, but just 29% of Americans agree.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on the nation's current economic crisis.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of Texas voters rate the U.S. economy as poor, and nearly as many (51%) say it’s getting worse.
After a brief burst of optimism in the spring, job confidence has fallen back to first-of-the-year levels.
Just four percent (4%) of Minnesota voters say the U.S. economy is in good or excellent shape. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state finds that 62% rate the economy as poor. In between are 33% who give the economy “fair” marks.
If the 2012 presidential election were held today, President Obama and possible Republican nominee Mitt Romney would be all tied up at 45% each, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Friday focuses on Sarah Palin.
Though Major League Baseball implemented a more strict policy on steroid use prior to the 2005 season, the controversy surrounding the issue has continued into 2009 as new marquis players have admitted to or have been caught using banned substances.
Once upon a time, British and American politics seemed to operate in tandem. Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan came to office, both supposedly little experienced and out of the mainstream, at about the same time.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters nationwide say that people with chronic conditions such as diabetes should not pay higher health insurance premiums. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 18% think they should pay higher costs.
Last weekend, the New York Times reported that after 9/11, the CIA developed a "secret counterterrorism program" to train hit squads to kill top al-Qaida leaders. It seemed like good news to me. After all, why bankroll an intelligence agency if you can't use it to kill an enemy against whom America has declared war?
Sixty-one percent (61%) of voters nationwide say that cost is the biggest health care problem facing the nation today. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 21% believe the lack of universal health insurance coverage is a bigger problem.
Following a week of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, 43% of the nation’s likely voters favor the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor while 39% are opposed.
There’s been a lot of concern about the financial industry going bankrupt since last fall, but now Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan have announced big profits after enjoying taxpayer bailouts and cheap government financing.
The 2009 Major League baseball season is a little over halfway through, but the plurality of baseball fans (42%) already thinks St. Louis Cardinal slugger Albert Pujols should win the title of National League Most Valuable Player for the third time in just four years.
Eighty percent (80%) of Americans now say Wall Street benefited more from the bailout of the financial industry than the average U.S. taxpayer.
As her week of Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings draw to an end, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has received a bounce in the polls.
