LONDON -- Think that credit collapse that triggered the Bush administration's $700 billion bank bailout was necessary because of Republican hostility to regulation and the ineptness of President George W. Bush?
An audit by the Internal Revenue Service has long been the nightmare scenario for most taxpayers. But in 2009, after bailouts and stimulus plans totaling trillions of dollars, there’s a bigger concern: a fear the government will run out of money before issuing taxpayer refunds.
That was the week that was, and voters didn’t like much of what they saw.
The Oscars are just two days away, and our readers have made their predictions in this year’s three major categories.
All of America was watching Barack Obama on Jan. 20 as he promised to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." But few thought that, within a month, controversy would arise over the Constitution's census clause.
Eighty-four percent (84%) of Georgia voters say it is at least somewhat likely that increased crime in their communities is due to the poor economy. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say it is Very Likely in a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
Half (50%) of American voters give President Obama good or excellent marks on his handling of the economy at the close of a busy but turbulent week for the new chief executive.
As new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Chinese leaders for the first time, 43% of U.S. voters agree with her that China is not America’s adversary and that both countries help each other to succeed.
Thirty-five percent (35%) of U.S. voters have a favorable opinion of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
The last two Democratic presidents have a lot in common. Like Bill Clinton before him, Barack Obama is a gifted 40-something politician, a strong orator with a high likeability quotient, and a successful candidate who captured the White House by running on a platform offering big change. And like Clinton, Obama begins his administration blessed with large Democratic majorities at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Last week in the Crystal Ball , we looked at the historical background of off-year Senate elections and laid the groundwork for the earliest possible projection of the 36 contests on the ballot in 2010. This week we call the Senate roll among sitting Democrats to see who appears safe and who might be in trouble. Next week, in our final round-up, the Republican seats will be under the microscope.
While voters across the country are opposed to the government providing additional taxpayer-backed loans to General Motors and Chrysler, 52% of voters in Michigan are in favor of it.
The marijuana debate has come a long way since “Reefer Madness.”
Sixty-three percent (63%) of Americans say the housing market will improve only when the overall U.S. economy gets better, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Forty-five percent (45%) of Americans oppose the federal government subsidizing mortgage payments for financially troubled homeowners, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Open most any urban newspaper to the foreclosure notices, and you'll find the list heavy with Hispanic names. Times are tough for Americans of every demographic, but for Latinos they are grimmer still.
With President Obama's signature affixed to the economic stimulus bill, his landmark victory can be put in proper political context. Regardless of that bill's manifest imperfections and the messy legislative process, the new administration achieved a difficult objective on the tightest possible schedule.
The unemployment rate in Ireland is 9.2 percent and expected to climb, perhaps as high as 15 percent. A real estate market that, according to Bloomberg, quadrupled from 1997 to 2007, is crashing.
Forget the national debate over more government loans for General Motors and Chrysler. Most U.S. voters (57%) say one of them is at least somewhat likely to go out of business over the next few years anyway.
General Motors and Chrysler are back this week seeking $22 billion more in federal help, but 64% of U.S. voters are opposed to providing any additional taxpayer-backed loans for the embattled automakers.
