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March 15, 2017

Voters Now See GOP As Party With A Plan

Voters have more confidence that Republicans know where they are going.

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March 15, 2017

To Make the AHCA Better, the GOP Has to Practice Bipartisanship Within Itself by Lawrence Kudlow

The good should never be the evil of the perfect. House Speaker Paul Ryan's health care bill is a very good first step. Massive repeal of Obamacare tax hikes will be great for the economy. Getting rid of the Affordable Care Act mandates will be great for health care. Private-sector competition and choice are always better than government-run anything. The Republican Party has to practice bipartisanship within itself.

March 15, 2017

Republicans Favor Major Cut in Corporate Tax Rate, Democrats Don’t

The United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world, but most voters don’t know that. Voters tend to see cutting the tax rate as an economic plus but are evenly divided over President Trump’s plan to cut it by over half.

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March 15, 2017

The Dirty Dem Dogs of Disruption by Michelle Malkin

Here come the hyperpartisan hounds.

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March 15, 2017

Voters Nix Senate Bid for 'The Terminator'

Arnold Schwarzenegger has refuted reports that he is considering a run for the U.S. Senate, and voters are glad to hear it.

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March 15, 2017

Democrats Need to Help Fix the Disastercare They Created By Charles Hurt

Remember how for years after President Obama first got elected we had to hear all about how Republicans destroyed the economy?

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March 15, 2017

Ignorant Media By John Stossel

Has the media gotten worse? Or am I just grouchier?   

March 14, 2017

Most Catholics Approve of Married Priests

Pope Francis in an interview last week indicated that he is open to the idea of married men becoming priests in order to combat the church’s shortage of clergy, and most American Catholics approve.

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March 14, 2017

Is Turkey Lost to the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Not long ago, a democratizing Turkey, with the second-largest army in NATO, appeared on track to join the European Union.

March 14, 2017

42% Favor GOP Tax Credits Plan for Obamacare

With the cost to taxpayers steadily climbing, House Republicans have proposed replacing Obamacare’s subsidies to help lower-income Americans buy health insurance with tax credits. Voters are closely divided over whether that’s a good plan, with the usual wide partisan division of opinion.

March 13, 2017

42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending March 9.  

March 13, 2017

Voters Doubt GOP Replacement But Not As Much As They Doubt Obamacare

The Republicans’ proposed replacement for the failing Obamacare system is less than a week old, but voters are dubious about its impact on the cost and quality of health care.  Still, the new proposal already earns better marks than the law it hopes to replace.

March 13, 2017

50% Say New WikiLeaks Disclosure Hurts National Security

The newest wave of disclosures from the Julian Assange-fronted WikiLeaks shows the sophisticated level of spying the CIA is now capable of, and voters wish they didn’t know.

March 11, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 11, 2017

What went up has now gone down. President Trump’s daily job approval fell below 50% this week for the first time since Inauguration Day.

March 10, 2017

Voters Still Put Lower Costs Over Health Insurance Mandate

As Congress begins debating ways to change the failing Obamacare system, voters feel more strongly than ever that reducing health care costs is more important than mandating health insurance coverage for everyone.

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March 10, 2017

Is a Korean Missile Crisis Ahead? by Patrick J. Buchanan

To back up Defense Secretary "Mad Dog" Mattis' warning last month, that the U.S. "remains steadfast in its commitment" to its allies, President Donald Trump is sending B-1 and B-52 bombers to Korea.

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March 10, 2017

Parole for O.J.?

O.J. Simpson, the pro football great famously acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, is up for parole this summer from his imprisonment for unrelated crimes. Most Americans don’t want to see Simpson go free.

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March 10, 2017

America's High-Risk Complacent Class by Michael Barone

"Most Americans don't like change very much," writes economist and Marginal Revolution blogger Tyler Cowen, "unless it is on terms that they manage and control." That's just one of many provocative sentences you can mine from the riches threaded through his new book, "The Complacent Class."

March 9, 2017

Voters, Politicians At Odds Over Level of Government Power

Surprise, surprise: voters don’t think they see eye-to-eye with politicians over of how much power and money the government should have.

March 9, 2017

37% Ready to Take Military Action Against North Korea

North Korea is once again stepping up its anti-U.S. rhetoric and pushing ahead with its nuclear missile program. Voters see the North Koreans as more eager for a war but aren’t overly enthusiastic about doing something militarily about it.