Forty-six percent (46%) of Americans say the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board already has too much power over the economy, even as the Obama administration proposes expanding the Fed’s regulatory controls.
Seventy-six percent (76%) of Americans say it is at least somewhat likely that a large amount of money in the $787-billion economic stimulus plan will be wasted due to inadequate government oversight. Nearly half (46%) say it is very likely, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
I always love it when politicians start talking about "the American people" believing this or that, as if we all do and they know it.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of likely voters now expect their personal taxes to rise under the Obama administration, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on Cheerios.
Democratic congressional candidates have pulled ahead of Republicans again in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Forty-seven percent (47%) of Americans oppose more government regulation of the U.S. financial system, while 33% disagree and say more regulation is a good idea, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Eighty-one percent (81%) of U.S. voters agree with Israeli President Benjamin Netanhyahu that Palestinian leaders must recognize Israel’s right to exist as part of a Middle Eastern peace agreement.
As recent AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin tells the story, when a White House aide called him on June 10, Walpin thought the administration was calling him to enlist his support -- as a prominent Republican member of the New York bar -- for the confirmation of Sonya Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. Instead, Special Counsel to the President Norm Eisen informed Walpin that President Obama wanted Walpin out of his job.
President Obama has a green light and open eight-lane highway for health-care reform. But somehow the guy can't put his foot on the gas.
Congress now has sent its “Cash for Clunkers” bill to President Obama to sign into law, but most Americans oppose the plan to encourage people to trade in old cars for new, more fuel-efficient models.
Fifty percent (50%) of Americans believe hate is growing in America in the wake of the murders of a doctor who performed late-term abortions and a military recruiter and a shooting incident at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in which a guard was killed.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on internet gambling.
Former Governor Roy Barnes is far and away the leader in an early look at Georgia’s 2010 Democratic gubernatorial primary race.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of U.S. voters say it is more important to do volunteer work for church and community organizations than it is to get involved in politics and political campaigns.
John Oxendine, Georgia’s fire and insurance commissioner, holds a commanding lead over all other Republican gubernatorial hopefuls in an early look at next year’s state GOP Primary.
While most U.S. voters still blame the Bush Administration for the nation’s economic problems, a growing number are inclined to blame President Barack Obama.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of American adults whose parents are still living say they will visit their fathers this Sunday for Father's Day. That's up five points from last year's Father's Day survey.
"We certainly recognize that Chevron does not make a sympathetic victim here," company spokesman Kent Robertson told me over the telephone.
Much of the action was overseas this past week, with Americans assessing their place in the world amidst global events beyond their control.
