Public support for the economic recovery plan crafted by President Obama and congressional Democrats has slipped a bit over the past week. At the same time, expectations that the plan will quickly become law have increased.
I envy Sports Man. He can rise above his own problems by focusing on the triumphs or setbacks of The Team.
Some political analysts have interpreted the 2008 presidential election as an ordinary retrospective election. With a very unpopular Republican incumbent presiding over unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a weak economy, 2008 appeared to be a Democratic year.
Over a third of the Senate voted against Tim Geithner's confirmation as treasury secretary, though he did pass the test by 60 to 34 early Monday evening.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of American workers say that if they leave their current job, it will be their choice, a significant drop in confidence from four years ago.
During the campaign, President Obama said he would stop federal raids of medical marijuana clubs in states (like California) that had passed medical marijuana laws.
The latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot shows no change this week. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 35% said they would choose the Republican.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are the heavy favorites to win Super Bowl XLIII, but slightly more Americans who plan to tune into the big game are hoping the Arizona Cardinals win instead.
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Americans say it is better to work for the government than in the private sector in the current economic climate.
Paul Krugman, last year's winner of the Nobel Prize for economics and a regular columnist for the New York Times, recently wrote that you should “write off anyone who asserts that it’s always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their money.”
On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers entered the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Poland and liberated the 7,000 prisoners who were still there, most of them sick and dying.
President Barack Obama is a beguiling but confounding figure. As he said of himself in "The Audacity of Hope," "I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views."
Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats have proposed an $825 billion economic recovery package, which would be used to create jobs, improve healthcare and expand renewable energy. From January 27-28, 2009, we are asking voters if they favor this proposal. We want you to predict what percentage of people will say that they will favor the economic recovery package proposed by President Obama and Congressional Democrats.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters nationwide say that tax cuts generally help the economy. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that only 17% disagree and believe that tax cuts will hurt the economy.
From January 27-28, 2009, we are asking voters if they think that the Republican Party should move toward the views and values of Ronald Reagan in order to be successful. We want you to predict how many voters will say that, in order to be successful, the Republican Party should move toward the views and values of Ronald Reagan.
Most Americans think it’s all right for Big Brother to crack down on smokers, but he better keep his hands off their cell phones and their sodas.
U.S. voters are closely divided over whether the government should close the terrorist prison camp at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.
Sixty-five percent (65%) of adults who say they intend to watch the Super Bowl also plan to watch the halftime show, featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen.
I voted against Proposition 22, the same-sex marriage ban, in 2000. I figured that if same-sex couples want to marry, why not let them? I believe in marriage. I don't want gay people to feel marginalized. But 61 percent of California voters thought otherwise.
I know a lot of greyhounds. A greyhound track operates near my house, and many of its retirees end up in the neighborhood. Something you notice about these dogs: Greyhounds are built for speed, but once they move into a comfy home, they're in no hurry to go anywhere.
