Voters More Optimistic of Founding Fathers' Views of U.S. Today
Voters are slightly more positive these days that if America’s founders returned to the United States, they would consider it a success.
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August 24, 2017
August 24, 2017
Americans Prefer September School Start, Summer Break
Many students around the country are already back in school, while those in several other states are enjoying a few more weeks of summer vacation until schools reopen. Half of adults think schools should wait until after Labor Day, but parents are more divided.
August 24, 2017
Senate 2018: Republican Edge Runs Up Against Trump, History By Kyle Kondik
Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency, 2018’s race for the Senate seemed to pit two powerful, competing forces against one another: the Republicans’ long and enticing list of Democratic targets, several of which are in some of Trump’s best states, versus the longstanding tendency of the president’s party to struggle to make gains in midterm elections.
August 23, 2017
41% Think Navy Experiencing More Mishaps At Sea
The commander of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet was relieved of his duties yesterday following four separate accidents involving Navy ships in the Pacific this year.
August 23, 2017
The Red York Times: First in Fake News By Michelle Malkin
Newsflash from The New York Times: Women may have starved under socialist regimes, but their orgasms were out of this world!
August 23, 2017
Voters See Win in Afghanistan As Unlikely
The United States has been at war in Afghanistan for nearly 16 years, but even following President Trump’s announcement of a troop surge there, voters remain skeptical that victory is on the horizon.
August 23, 2017
Al Gore's Hype By John Stossel
I was surprised to discover that Al Gore's new movie begins with words from me!
August 23, 2017
73% Say Freedom of Speech Worth Dying For
Americans agree freedom of speech is under assault but strongly insist that they are prepared to defend that freedom even at the cost of their lives if necessary.
August 22, 2017
47% Say Media Is A Roadblock For Trump
Nearly half of voters feel that the media is actively trying to block President Donald Trump from passing his agenda -- a stark contrast to how voters felt in the Obama years.
August 22, 2017
Just 28% Think Americans Have True Freedom of Speech Today
Few Americans think they have true freedom of speech today and think the country is too politically correct.
August 22, 2017
Is Trump's Agenda Being Eclipsed? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire," said Winston Churchill to cheers at the Lord Mayor's luncheon in London in November 1942.
True to his word, the great man did not begin the liquidation.
August 21, 2017
30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty percent (30%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending August 17.
August 21, 2017
Voters Strongly Defend Washington, Jefferson, Lessons of the Past
Despite calls by some politicians and the media for erasing those connected to slavery from U.S. history, it looks like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are going to be with us awhile longer. Voters strongly believe it’s better to learn from the past than erase it.
August 21, 2017
Democrats Decry the KKK While Forgetting Legacy of One of Their Own By Charles Hurt
Because, of course, they want rule of law to reign, a group of citizens began digging up the grave of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Memphis this week over his helping found the Ku Klux Klan.
They only got a few shovelfuls before giving up. But they vowed to return with a backhoe to dig the rest of the man’s grave up later.
August 21, 2017
Voters Side With Trump In Defense of Historic Monuments
Voters tend to agree with President Trump’s defense of historical statues, and few think getting rid of Confederate monuments will lessen racial tensions in America.
August 19, 2017
If You Fire A Fascist, You Are A Fascist By Ted Rall
No one should get fired for his political beliefs.
Not even a Nazi.
August 19, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 19, 2017
Multiple attacks by terrorists in Spain capped a tumultuous week in which President Trump faced sustained attacks from the media and even his own party. But Republican voters are getting pretty unhappy with their leaders in Congress.
August 18, 2017
Republicans Tuning into the News Less Than Democrats, Unaffiliateds
Nearly half of voters are following the news more closely these days, but supporters of President Trump and those in his party are starting to tune out more.
August 18, 2017
America's Second Civil War By Patrick J. Buchanan
"They had found a leader, Robert E. Lee -- and what a leader! ... No military leader since Napoleon has aroused such enthusiastic devotion among troops as did Lee when he reviewed them on his horse Traveller."
August 18, 2017
A Third of Republicans Want McConnell, Ryan Out
Late last week, President Trump criticized Mitch McConnell over the failure to pass a health care repeal bill before the August recess, raising the question of whether the Senator should step down from his position. Even one third of his fellow Republicans think that’s a good idea.
