39% Say It’s Too Easy to Get an Abortion in the U.S.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of American adults say it is too easy to get an abortion in the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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January 16, 2009
January 16, 2009
TARP Vote Reflects Voter Shifts As Well
The U.S. Senate on Thursday, at the urging of President Bush and President-elect Obama, released the second half of the $700 billion financial sector rescue plan, approved last October and known officially as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
January 16, 2009
74% Say Madoff Should End His Days In Jail
Will he or won’t he – go to jail for life, that is?
January 16, 2009
What the New President Will Need By Susan Estrich
President-elect Barack Obama will no doubt ask for many things in the coming weeks -- from Congress, from the states, from banks and businesses, and from the American people. He will ask for new legislation, new programs, new regulations, not to mention confirmation of all his new people.
January 15, 2009
Views of Nation's Future Remain Stable - and Negative
Although the United States will swear in a new commander-in-chief in just a few days, voter perceptions about the nation’s future remain largely negative.
January 15, 2009
New Jersey Governor: Christie 42%, Corzine 40%
Former U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie, the latest Republican to enter the New Jersey gubernatorial race, has a slight lead over Democratic incumbent Jon S. Corzine in a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state.
January 15, 2009
Voters Like Rice Better, But Say Clinton’s Ready For State
Despite the woes of the Bush administration, U.S. voters like Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice better than her designated successor, Hillary Clinton, but most are confident that Clinton is up to the task of being America’s chief diplomat.
January 15, 2009
53% Say U.S. and Allies Are Winning War on Terror
Confidence in the America's handling of the War on Terror is over 50% for the first time since mid-November.
January 15, 2009
The Party of No Ideas By Joe Conason
Would it be rude to ask whether the Republicans have any new proposals to save the country from this worsening recession? The question arises not because anyone expects the minority party to burst forth with creative ideas, but because conservatives in Congress and the media seem so determined to thwart or stall the economic stimulus plans of President-elect Barack Obama.
January 15, 2009
In Speech, Obama Won't Do an FDR By Froma Harrop
Even in this awful economy, the voters seem content to toggle between the two main political parties. If Republicans aren't doing the job, then let Democrats try. Barack Obama? He seems competent. There's little agitation for a radical third-party response.
January 14, 2009
80% Say Parents Should Teach Their Children about Sex
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last week that there has been a major increase in the birth rate among teens in 26 states throughout the country, but 80% of adults still say children should be taught about sex by their parents rather than the schools.
January 14, 2009
43% Say Government Insurance Plan Will Make Health Care Worse
Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters say the quality of health care in America will get worse if a government-run health insurance plan is created to compete with private plans.
January 14, 2009
Most Americans Say Leaders Clueless On The Economy
Just 37% of Americans are even somewhat confident that their political leaders know what they’re doing as they try to address the nation’s economic problems.
January 14, 2009
Democrats Slip But Still Lead GOP on Generic Ballot
Democrats hold a six-point lead over Republicans in the first edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot of 2009. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 36% said they would choose the Republican.
January 14, 2009
Respect By Susan Estrich
I don't hate George Bush. I never have. I voted against him twice. I disagree with him, sometimes passionately. I think the country is in worse shape now than it was eight years ago, and that history will not be kind to him.
January 14, 2009
A Truncated Presidential Honeymoon? By Tony Blankley
It was fairly common chatter from congressional Democrats in Washington during the autumn months of the presidential campaign that while Barack Obama was almost certain to win, in 2009 policy would be driven from the House speaker's office.
January 13, 2009
Republicans More Trusted by Eight Points on National Security
Republicans now hold the biggest lead over Democrats on the issue of national security since early September. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 48% of voters trust the GOP more to handle national security and the War on Terror, while only 40% trust Democrats more.
January 13, 2009
Majority Rates Bush as One of America’s Worst Presidents
President George W. Bush in a final press conference on Monday acknowledged he made some mistakes in the White House, but most Americans – at least for now – are a lot more critical than that.
January 13, 2009
Americans Strongly Oppose Economic Plan Without Tax Cuts
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of American adults are opposed to a government economic recovery plan that does not cut taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 13, 2009
From Jack Bauer to Leon Panetta By Debra J. Saunders
Sunday's New York Times ran two columns that advocated for investigations into America's use of coercive interrogation techniques -- known to editorial writers as "torture" -- of enemy combatants, as well as one that opposed a show trial.
