Is the Tea Party Pooped? It Must Keep Making Its Case By Michael Barone
Has the wind gone out of the sails of the smaller government movement? Is the tea party movement going through a hangover?
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March 31, 2011
March 31, 2011
Just 21% Say U.S. Has Clearly Defined Mission in Libya
Despite President Obama’s address to the nation Monday night, most voters still aren’t clear about why the U.S. military is engaged in Libya.
March 31, 2011
Foggy Thinking in the Sunshine State By Froma Harrop
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- You'd think that a state knocked cold by the real-estate meltdown would invest in a future not based on housing bubbles. And that if the feds dangled a bag of money to help it address a serious economic drag -- a gridlocked highway system that turns off tourists, retirees and business travelers -- you'd think the state would grab it.
March 31, 2011
Only 7% Think Government Employees Work Harder Than Those in Private Sector
Adults nationwide continue to believe government workers have it easier than those in the private sector.
March 31, 2011
Full-Throttle Drill, Drill, Drill By Lawrence Kudlow
If you buy into the energy speech President Obama delivered on Wednesday, it sure sounds like we're headed for drill, drill, drill. It would be a total reversal of policy. I guess $100-plus oil and near $4 gas at the pump -- along with a consumer economic-political revolt -- will do that to you.
March 30, 2011
25% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Just 25% of Likely U.S. Voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, March 27. That's up three points from two weeks earlier which marked the lowest level of voter confidence since President Obama took office in January 2009.
March 30, 2011
Americans Strongly Reject Mileage Tax, Gas Tax Hike
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has suggested a mileage tax for drivers as a way to pay for the Obama administration’s plans to spend $556 billion over six years on transportation projects. But Americans nationwide remain firmly opposed to a tax based on the number of miles they drive.
March 30, 2011
50% Say Tax Cuts Help the Economy
Voters continue to believe tax cuts and decreases in government spending will benefit the nation’s economy.
March 30, 2011
Voter Views on Libya Show Little Change
President Obama’s address to the nation Monday night doesn’t appear to have made voters more confident about his handling of the situation in Libya, nor has it made them feel more strongly that Libya is important to U.S. national security.
March 30, 2011
A Woman of Valor By Susan Estrich
"We have only just begun," Geraldine Ferraro wrote in inscribing a photograph to me after the 1984 campaign. I keep it above my desk, to remind myself that Rome wasn't built in a day, that it takes courage and perseverance when you're trying to change the world.
March 30, 2011
If It Is Tuesday, It Must Be Syria By Tony Blankley
In 1427, a ship captain sailing for his Portuguese Prince, Henry the Navigator, discovered the Azores Islands. If the question of the significance of this event had been posed, at the time, to Sultan Murad Khan (the leader of the Ottoman Empire), or to Itzcoatl and Nezahualcoyotl (the co-leaders of the Aztecs) or to Rao Kanha (one of the princes of Jodhpur in India), it is unlikely that any of them would have responded that it is an early indication of a historic explosion of cultural energy in Europe that will lead to European exploration and conquest of most of the known world, and to a renaissance of European thought that will give rise to scientific, industrial and scholarly dominance of the planet by European culture for at least half a millennium.
March 30, 2011
26% See Long-Term Government Solution to Chronic Unemployment
Roughly one-in-four Americans now think the government should assume responsibility for those who have been unemployed for an extended period of time.
March 29, 2011
55% Have a Favorable Opinion of Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is viewed by many as the chief advocate of U.S. military intervention in Libya, and voters view her slightly less favorably than they did just over a month ago.
March 29, 2011
55% Have Filed Their Taxes, 43% Expect Refund
With less than three weeks to go until tax day, over half of Americans have filed their income taxes, and nearly as many expect to get a refund.
March 29, 2011
SUCCEEDING IN YOUR BUSINESS: Dealing with the 'Trademark Bully'
"I started an online business last year. We've had an amazing run so far, with more than 10,000 unique hits every day on our website and a 30 percent gross profit margin on sales of more than $250,000 in our first year. Our site has been written up in some major magazines, and we are getting attention from industry bloggers who have rated our site very favorably.
"Maybe we have been getting too much attention...
March 29, 2011
35% Say U.S. Should Phase Out Nuclear Power Over Next 50 Years
As the Japanese continue to struggle with the damaged Fukushima nuclear facility, support for the building of nuclear plants in the United States has fallen to a new low. One-third of voters now favor phasing out nuclear power in this country.
March 29, 2011
Only 16% Think Country Would Be Better Off If Most Incumbents in Congress Reelected
Voters are less supportive than ever of congressional incumbents and fewer than one-out-of-three think their own representative is the best person for the job.
March 29, 2011
Let Voters Decide on Pensions, Spending By Debra J. Saunders
In Sacramento, the knee-jerk response to any crisis is to blame the Republicans. But if Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders can't cut a deal to win the two GOP votes in the Assembly and two in the Senate needed to qualify Brown's tax-increase extension for the June ballot, Democrats must take their share of responsibility for fudging a deal.
March 29, 2011
When Government Was a Bear By Froma Harrop
Are conservatives right that our government has become overbearing? Is it true that the rights of the individual, enshrined at the dawn of the Republic and cried over by Glenn Beck, are being smashed by the modern state?
March 29, 2011
Rasmussen Employment Index Shows Labor Market Confidence At Seven Month-Low
The Rasmussen Employment Index, which measures workers’ perceptions of the labor market each month, plummeted nine points in March to its lowest level since last August.
