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 6, 2009
January 6, 2009
Eric Holder and All Political Prisoners By Debra J. Saunders
Conventional wisdom last week decreed that President-elect Barack Obama had done such a fine job culling his Cabinet that only one pick -- Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder -- would present a problem, but most likely, a surmountable hurdle.
January 6, 2009
The Mortgage Thieves Return By Froma Harrop
First come the shady operators, then comes the collapse, then comes the bailout, then come the shady operators. That, too often, is the sad history of financial meltdowns and their cleanups.
January 6, 2009
Rasmussen Employment Index Signals More Weakness in Labor Market
The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, fell to a record low for the third month in a row.
January 5, 2009
62% Expect Congress To Address Serious Issues This Year
Approval of Congress' job performance is down to single digits again for the first time since early September.
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.
January 5, 2009
71% Say Obama Likely to Send More Troops to Afghanistan
Barack Obama said repeatedly on the campaign trail that the war on terror was being fought on the wrong front, and 71% of U.S. voters say he is likely to send more troops to Afghanistan in his first year in the White House.
January 5, 2009
Consumer Confidence Down 24% in Three Months, 50% in Two Years
Full monthly results for the Rasmussen Consumer Index in December shows that the economic confidence of American consumers has fallen to another all-time low at 59.6.
January 5, 2009
Number of Democrats Increases for Third Straight Month
The number of Americans who consider themselves to be Democrats inched up again in December to 41.6%. That’s up two-tenths of a point since November and the third straight monthly increase in the number of Democrats.
January 5, 2009
Presidential Approval Index: Bush -30
In the final full month of his Presidency, just 13% of American adults said they Strongly Approved of the way that George W. Bush performed his job as president. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapproved.
January 4, 2009
46% Favor Opting Out of Social Security
Forty-six percent (46%) of U.S. voters believe working Americans should be allowed to opt out of Social Security to provide for their own retirement planning, an idea not likely to gain much traction with Democrats more strongly in control of Congress.
January 4, 2009
Big Brother/Backseat Driver By Debra J. Saunders
For lo these many years, the Democratic motorcade class has scolded American workers for driving gas-guzzling cars. Now that Americans have begun driving more fuel-efficient cars and driving less, how have the finger-waggers reacted? No, they are not planning a parade -- they already are working on a new tax on miles driven to make up for lost gasoline-tax revenue.
January 3, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week Ending January 2, 2009
Welcome to 2009! Last year was a rough one for all of us, but many Americans are pinning their hopes on Barack Obama, who becomes president in less than three weeks.
January 3, 2009
No Permanent Majorities in America By Michael Barone
As we approach the change from a Republican to a Democratic administration, I have been thinking about the differences in the basic character of our two historic parties -- the oldest and third oldest free political parties in the world (number two, at least by my count, is the British Conservative Party).
January 2, 2009
Only 13% Very Confident in Social Security
Just 39% of U.S. voters are at least somewhat confident they will receive all of their promised Social Security benefits from the federal government in their lifetimes. Only 13% are Very Confident of that payout.
January 2, 2009
52% Believe Israelis and Palestinians Can Live In Peace
Over half of Americans (52%) now believe it is possible for Israel and the Palestinians to live in peace, but just 35% think Barack Obama is likely to help end the conflict during his presidency.
January 2, 2009
Offshoring Is One Sure Thing By Froma Harrop
Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, vows to create millions of technology jobs that can't be outsourced. Sounds good, particularly in this melting economy.
January 2, 2009
Americans See A Better 2009 But No End to Recession
Americans have a bit more confidence in 2009 than in the year that just passed, but 50% of adults believe the country will still be in a recession this time next year.
January 2, 2009
Time for a Choice -- Not an Echo By Lawrence Kudlow
Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is absolutely right to warn against Obama's gigantic stimulus-spending package. McConnell says it "will be the largest spending bill in the history of our country at a time when our national debt is already the largest in history." As a result, he says the bill "will require tough scrutiny and oversight."
January 1, 2009
Happy New Year ...By Susan Estrich
When I was younger, New Year's was a time fraught with frantic uncertainty revolving around the seemingly critical questions of whether I would have a date and-or something to do.
