30% Like Third-Party Option Given Current 2012 Presidential Candidates
Nearly one-in-three voters don’t like the way the 2012 presidential race is shaping up for now in the two major political parties.
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June 13, 2011
June 12, 2011
At Least 4 Good Reasons To End the War on Drugs By Debra J. Saunders
"If we cannot destroy the drug menace in America, then it will surely in time destroy us," President Richard Nixon told Congress in a special message on June 17, 1971, which generally is credited as the day the "war on drugs" began.
June 12, 2011
83% Say One Person’s Vote Really Matters
As the saying goes, “every vote counts,” and voters overwhelmingly agree.
June 11, 2011
58% Want English-Only Ballots
When voters goes to the polls, most still want to see their ballots in English only.
June 11, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 10, 2011
Money did the talking in a lot of our surveys this past week. Just days after the government's announcement that unemployment has risen to 9.1%, short- and long-term confidence in the U.S. economy are at the lowest levels of the Obama presidency.
June 11, 2011
Pawlenty's 5 Percent Growth Vision By Lawrence Kudlow
Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty turned out a blockbuster economic-growth plan this past week, including deep cuts in taxes, spending and regulations. It's really the first Reaganesque supply-side growth plan from any of the GOP presidential contenders. And he caps it all off with a defense of optimism as he charges ahead with a national economic growth goal of 5 percent.
June 11, 2011
Slow Down By Susan Estrich
I was on my way to the hospital this morning to sit in the waiting room for six or eight hours while a family member was having surgery when I realized I had no gas. Running out of gas while you are taking someone to or (worse) home from the hospital is not good. I stopped at the gas station to fill up.
June 10, 2011
88% Are Paying More for Groceries Now Than A Year Ago
The vast majority of adults nationwide remain concerned about inflation and the impact it will have on grocery prices both now and in the future.
June 10, 2011
66% Expect D.C. Politics To Become Even More Partisan
As Democrats and Republicans continue to fight over how much to cut federal spending, most voters expect politics inside the Beltway to become even more partisan in the months to come.
June 10, 2011
Three Way Race: Democrat 40% Republican 21% Tea Party 18%
A congressional race with an official Tea Party candidate in the running appears to be good news for Democrats.
June 10, 2011
The Party of Righteous Indignation By Joe Conason
Grossly distasteful may be the most dignified way to describe the behavior of Rep. Anthony Weiner, but it is impossible to discuss what he has confessed to doing without words like crazy, predatory, repulsive, irresponsible and immature. If he hopes to preserve his sanity and his marriage, he might well consider abandoning politics for psychiatric care. Without professional help, he will never recover from the narcissism that has warped him and injured everyone close to him.
June 10, 2011
Police State Brutality: On The Rise By Howard Rich
Earlier this year in Tucson, Arizona a shooting rampage targeting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords made international news – and prompted a coordinated effort to demonize Tea Party supporters (and free speech itself).
June 10, 2011
Voters Grow Pessimistic Again About Afghanistan, Iraq
With troop withdrawals from Afghanistan scheduled to begin next month, the brief burst of optimism about the war there following the killing of Osama bin Laden appears to be over.
June 10, 2011
Let Weiner Be Weiner By Debra J. Saunders
There are reasons why Anthony Weiner should not resign. New York's Ninth Congressional District voters have sent him to Washington since 1998.
June 9, 2011
48% Are Confident In U.S. Banks, 47% Aren't
Americans continue to have mixed feelings about the stability of the U.S. banking system but still express less concern about the safety of their own money in those banks.
June 9, 2011
Confidence Is Still High That U.S., Allies Winning War on Terror
Voter confidence in U.S. efforts in the War on Terror remain at record recent levels.
June 9, 2011
75% Support Showing Photo ID At The Polls
Support remains high for requiring voters to show photo identification before being allowed to cast their ballots. An increasing number of states across the country are putting that requirement into law.
June 9, 2011
Anthony Weiner's Viral Adventure By Susan Estrich
Some years ago, I made the biggest mistake of my "media" career. No, not a crotch shot. But not good, either.
June 9, 2011
Free Market, Not Government Policy, Drives Energy Boom By Michael Barone
There's an awful lot that's stale in the debate on government energy policy.
June 9, 2011
54% Say Men and Women Don’t Receive Equal Pay For Equal Work
Working Americans are more skeptical than ever that men and women are equally paid for comparable work, but there remains a wide difference of opinion between the sexes on the question.
