Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Tax on SUV's II
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday looks at the federal government bailing out financially struggling states across the country.
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May 20, 2009
May 20, 2009
38% Say Country Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of U.S. likely voters believe the nation is now moving in the right direction, down slightly from a week ago and the first drop since March. It's too early, however, to say if it's a trend in the making.
May 20, 2009
59% of Minnesota Voters Expect Pawlenty to Run For President
Most Minnesota voters like the job Governor Tim Pawlenty is doing, and even more expect him to run for president in 2012. But they don’t think he’ll get the Republican Party’s nomination.
May 20, 2009
47% Say Hubble Space Telescope Worth The Cost
Voters continue to be big supporters of NASA and the manned space program, but they’re a little less sure about the value of the Hubble Space Telescope, the subject of a high-profile astronaut repair job completed on Tuesday.
May 20, 2009
The Michelle of It All By Susan Estrich
She is the most popular and most admired woman in the world. She has smarts, beauty, style, a great husband, a great mother, two beautiful children and a very handsome dog.
May 20, 2009
52% Predict Lambert Will Be Crowned 'American Idol'
Tonight's the night, and our predictors are calling it close for the final two contestants on "American Idol."
May 20, 2009
How About Reality-Based Diplomacy? By Tony Blankley
Upon hearing of the death of a Turkish ambassador, the serpentine French diplomat Talleyrand was reputed to have responded, "I wonder what he meant by that."
May 20, 2009
50% Support More Taxes on Alcohol To Help Fund Universal Health Care
Fifty percent (50%) of Americans favor increasing taxes on beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages to help provide health insurance for every one in the country.
May 20, 2009
Audit The Fed By Howard Rich
I’ll be the first to admit that the notion of Washington politicians auditing the Federal Reserve initially struck me as a little bit kooky – and more than a little bit backward.
May 19, 2009
Democrats Regain Small Lead on Congressional Ballot
The numbers have flipped this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
May 19, 2009
41% Favor Legalizing and Taxing Marijuana
Forty-one percent (41%) of likely U.S. voters think the United States should legalize and tax marijuana to help solve the nation’s fiscal problems.
May 19, 2009
54% in Minnesota Say Coleman Should Concede Senate Race to Franken
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Minnesota voters say Republican incumbent Norm Coleman should concede the race after months of legal challenges and let Al Franken be seated in the U.S. Senate. But 41% disagree.
May 19, 2009
New Standards for Credit-Card Decency By Froma Harrop
By the time you read this, the Senate may have passed a bill to put a leash on the nastiest credit-card company tactics. Lenders warn that changing the rules would make it harder for people to get credit.
May 19, 2009
Parents Put Child's College Plans Ahead of Their Retirement
A majority of parents (61 percent) are not letting the recession change their plans for their children's college education, according to a survey by COUNTRY Financial. Further, 47 percent say college plans are a higher priority than retirement savings (41 percent).
May 19, 2009
Political War Vets By Debra J. Saunders
Members of President Obama's Cabinet are three times more likely to have attended law school than boot camp. How things have changed since 2004, when Democrats were outraged that, in time of war, the GOP White House could be run by men with no combat experience.
May 19, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge - Hubble Telescope II
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday looks at NASA and the expense of the Hubble telescope.
May 19, 2009
69% Say College Degree Still a Good Investment
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of American adults say a college degree is still a good financial investment in today’s economic environment.
May 19, 2009
40% of Catholics Say Priests Should Be Allowed To Marry, 39% Disagree
U.S. Catholics are evenly divided over whether the church should change its policy of centuries and allow priests to marry.
May 18, 2009
When Will Obama Own the Recession By Dick Morris
When will the economy stop dropping because of the recession and start dropping because of the harm Obama's cure to the recession is inflicting?
May 18, 2009
New York Governor: Cuomo Leads GOP, Paterson Trails
Governor David Paterson faces an uphill climb if he goes through with his announced plan to ask voters for his own four-year term in office.
