55% Say America Is Not Yet A Land of Equal Opportunity
Americans tend to think their fellow citizens talk too much about race, but most agree that we have yet to achieve a level playing field for all races in this country.
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January 14, 2011
January 14, 2011
Blood Libel By Susan Estrich
Alan Dershowitz isn't offended. He says it's OK for Sarah Palin to invoke one of the most anti-Semitic images of our time in attacking those who have been critical of her putting crosshairs over the name of the congresswoman who was later shot.
January 14, 2011
How We Enable Crimes of Insanity By Joe Conason
The deranged expression on the face of Jared Lee Loughner in the mug shot released by the police -- taken within hours after he allegedly killed six innocent people and wounded 14 more, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords -- suggests that we may never fully understand whatever illness afflicts him. The law requires us to assess his mental state and motivations, but we might do better to analyze our own craziness.
January 13, 2011
Voters Continue To Believe Congress Can Always Make Things Worse
Despite the change of control in the House, voters continue to believe Congress can screw things up worse than they already are.
January 13, 2011
Most Voters Still See Congressional Democrats As More Liberal Than They Are
Voters continue to believe the average Democrat in Congress is more liberal than they are, but remain more evenly divided about Republicans.
January 13, 2011
Most Say Stricter Gun Laws Would Not Help Prevent Shootings
Most Americans say stronger gun control laws are not the answer to the shootings last weekend of a U.S. congresswoman and the killing of six others.
January 13, 2011
Systematic Assassinations Not Part of Our Politics By Michael Barone
The steam seems to be going out of the move to "deftly pin this" -- the shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others -- "on the tea partiers," as one unidentified senior Democratic operative put it to Politico.
January 13, 2011
No Off Button on Sarah Palin By Debra J. Saunders
This is a free country. If Sarah Palin wants to run for president in 2012, she is free to try. But she will not win the GOP nomination because Republican voters are not going to choose a middle-aged version of Britney Spears -- a figure whose most evident talent is to attract attention to herself -- to challenge Barack Obama.
January 13, 2011
Just 29% Believe Health Care Repeal Will Increase Deficit
Some supporters of the national health care law say its repeal will drive up the federal budget deficit, but most voters believe repeal will either reduce or have no impact on government spending and the deficit.
January 12, 2011
SUCCEEDING IN YOUR BUSINESS: Memo to the Incoming Congress (Part 2 of 2)
Now that we've tackled the economy, here are a few creative solutions to some of the foreign policy problems you will be facing as the 112th Congress gets under way.
January 12, 2011
26% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-six percent (26%) 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, January 9. That's down a point from last week and back to levels found in early December.
January 12, 2011
One-Third of Americans Have or Will Contribute To Haiti Earthquake Relief
A year ago today, a massive earthquake hit the island of Haiti, killing thousands of people and making thousands more homeless. One-in-three Americans (32%) say they have contributed or will contribute to help the ongoing relief effort there, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 12, 2011
57% Expect Higher Interest Rates A Year From Now
The number of adults nationwide who expect a rise in interest rates has reached its highest level in nearly two years.
January 12, 2011
The Blame Game By Susan Estrich
Within an hour of the tragic shooting in Arizona, it had begun. The Blame Game. The effort to score political points.
January 12, 2011
Most Americans View Arizona Shootings As Random Act of Violence, Not Politics
Americans have closely followed news stories about the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of six others in Arizona on Saturday, and most don’t feel politics was the cause of it.
January 12, 2011
Making the World Safe for Targets of Lunatics By Tony Blankley
In the aftermath of the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and others, it is predictable that some self-centered politicians and political commentators quickly assumed the killer must have been provoked by political comments.
January 12, 2011
75% Think Health Care Law May Cost More Than Estimated
Most voters still strongly feel that the health care reform law passed last year by Congress will cost more than projected.
January 11, 2011
Support for Renewable Energy Resources Reaches Highest Level Yet
The number of voters who say investing in renewable energy resources is the best investment for America has reached its highest level since the beginning of 2010.
January 11, 2011
Who Says There's No Inflation? Grocery Shoppers Think Otherwise
Most Americans continue to say they are paying more for groceries now compared to a year ago, and the number who expect to spend more a year from now is at its highest level in nearly two years.
January 11, 2011
Many Favor Cutting Pay, Benefits of State Employees
Americans are evenly divided on the idea of a sizable pay cut for all public employees to help reduce the large budget deficits that many states are facing.
