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April 22, 2011

The Map: The Crystal Ball's First 2011 Take on 2012's Electoral College By Larry J. Sabato and the Crystal Ball Team

With 18 months to go until November 2012, there is exactly one use for a current projection of the 2012 Electoral College results. This is merely a baseline from which we can judge more reliable projections made closer to the election. Where did we start--before we knew the identity of the Republican nominee for president, the state of the economy in fall 2012 and many other critical facts?

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April 22, 2011

38% Say Earth Day Has Helped Raise Environmental Awareness

Today marks the 42nd year that Earth Day has been celebrated, but Americans are closely divided over whether the informal annual holiday has raised the environmental consciousness of their fellow countrymen.

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April 22, 2011

South By Southwest By Kyle Kondik

The classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller "North by Northwest" contains a few of Hollywood's most memorable--and ludicrous--sequences, including a famous scene in which our hero, played by Cary Grant, finds himself being shot at by a crop duster at a bus stop near a cornfield.

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April 21, 2011

27% Call Americans Selfish For Putting Economy Ahead of Global Warming

Americans still don’t think they are being selfish for placing their economic concerns ahead of the fight against climate change.  But they strongly believe improving the environment occurs on a personal level.

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April 21, 2011

Just 9% Give Congress Good or Excellent Ratings

As members of Congress and the president haggle over ways to reduce the federal budget deficit, ratings for the bicameral legislature have fallen to the lowest level since late 2009.

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April 21, 2011

Voters Remain Closely Divided Over Libya

Support for continuing U.S. military operations in Libya is holding steady from two weeks ago after a drop-off in support from just after the mission began. But voters remain almost evenly divided over U.S. military involvement in the Libyan political crisis.

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April 21, 2011

Curbing Medicare Costs Without Vouchers By Froma Harrop

About 10 years ago, a new radiation treatment for prostate cancer came on line. A single course of "intensity-modulated radiation therapy" cost Medicare about $42,000. The older radiation therapy cost $10,000. Hospitals bought the new machines and stopped using the traditional method. This tacked another $1.5 billion per year to Medicare spending on prostate cancer alone.

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April 21, 2011

No Poking President at Facebook By Debra J. Saunders

Last year, when President Obama wanted to convince Americans that his policies were paying off and creating jobs, he visited a solar-panel plant in Fremont, Calif. "The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra," quoth the president.

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April 21, 2011

41% Support Internet Poker, 42% Oppose

Most Americans have no problem with money on the table in a friendly game of poker but have decidedly mixed feelings if that game is shifted to the Internet.

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April 21, 2011

Mr. Obama: Taxing the Rich Won't Increase Revenues By Michael Barone

Did Barack Obama take Tax 1 in law school? I did, and I remember the first day of classes, when mild mannered Professor Boris Bittker asked a simple question, "What is income?"

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April 20, 2011

22% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction, Ties Lowest Level of Obama’s Presidency

Twenty-two percent (22%) of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, April 17. That ties the lowest number of Obama’s presidency, last reached in mid-March.

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April 20, 2011

63% Still Believe Border Control Is Top Immigration Priority

Nearly two-thirds of voters still believe border control should be the top priority in the fight against illegal immigration, but they also continue to support a welcoming immigration policy.

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April 20, 2011

60% Reject Government ID for Online Security

In an effort to enhance online security and privacy, the Obama administration has proposed Americans obtain a single ID for all Internet sales and banking activity. But a new Rasmussen Reports survey finds most Americans want nothing to do with such an ID if the government is the one to issue it and hold the information. 

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April 20, 2011

54% Say Cleanup From Gulf Oil Spill At Least Somewhat Successful

A year ago today, an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig marked the beginning of the most devastating oil spill ever in the Gulf of Mexico. Most voters now think the cleanup from that spill has been fairly successful and appear less concerned about the long-term effect on the environment. But voters still give low grades to both the federal government and the companies responsible for their response to the spill.

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April 20, 2011

The Republican Dwarfs By Susan Estrich

I must admit that it took me at least a minute to figure out the Drudge Report headline: "Paw In."

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April 20, 2011

Only 51% See Buying A Home As Family’s Best Investment

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults shows that 51% now believe buying a home is a family’s best investment. That’s down from 55% in March and from 73% in February 2009.

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April 20, 2011

Governing While Drunk on Partisanship By Tony Blankley

If future historians look back on the ruins of the American economy after a U.S. bond crisis struck in the second decade of the 21st century, many causes will be noted. Obviously, it will be seen that for decades before the catastrophe, the U.S. was spending vastly more than it could afford on government health and retirement programs. 

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April 19, 2011

Most Voters Still Blame Bush Recession for Bad Economy

Most voters still blame the nation's economic problems on the George W. Bush years, but they also continue to trust their own economic judgment more than that of President Obama.

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April 19, 2011

35% Say Obama Is Too Cooperative

While voters are evenly divided over the quality of President Obama’s leadership, more voters view his leadership style as being too cooperative.

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April 19, 2011

Support for Deepwater Drilling Up to 59%

Support for deepwater oil drilling has reached its highest level since the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico one year ago.

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