Just 45% Know That U.S. Has World’s Biggest Economy
The United States of America boasts the world’s largest economy, but fewer than half the nation’s voters recognize this fact.
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February 9, 2011
February 9, 2011
35% Say Their Home Is Worth Less Than What They Still Owe
The number of homeowners who say their homes are worth more than what they still owe on their mortgage has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two years.
February 9, 2011
Egyptian Army Is West's Best Hope By Tony Blankley
Last Sunday, the media were reporting that the Muslim Brotherhood was sitting down with Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman, in a completely unrelated story, the BBC reported that British Prime Minster David Cameron announced that "State multiculturalism has failed": "David Cameron has criticized 'state multiculturalism' in his first speech as prime minister on radicalization and the causes of terrorism.
February 9, 2011
Romantic Revolutions By Susan Estrich
In the first days of the demonstrations in Egypt, almost everyone I know was glued to their television. Many of them were caught up in what they saw as the romanticism of the moment: students and young people in the streets, willing to risk their lives to stand up to a tyrannical regime and replace it with a democracy. Irresistible.
February 9, 2011
January's Unemployment Report Was a Snow Job By Lawrence Kudlow
The January employment report was a complete snow job. Abominable winter blizzards across the country caused 886,000 workers to report "not at work due to bad weather," according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is 600,000 more than the normal 300,000 not at work for the average January of the past decade.
February 9, 2011
80% Say Terrorists Are Bigger Threat to U.S. Than Traditional Wars
While U.S. troops are fighting daily in Afghanistan, the nation's longest-running war, voters overwhelmingly think terrorism is a bigger threat to the country than traditional wars.
February 8, 2011
45% Intend To Honor Black History Month, 42% Do Not
Nearly half of Americans plan to celebrate Black History Month to honor the role of African-Americans in U.S. history, but most adults don't think it should be used as a model for other major racial and ethnic groups in the country.
February 8, 2011
Most Voters Still Put Reducing Health Care Costs Ahead of Universal Coverage
As they have from the beginning of the health care debate, voters see cost reduction as more important than ensuring universal coverage.
February 8, 2011
60% Recognize That Government Spending Has Increased Every Year Since 1954
In 1954, the average new house cost just over $10,000, a new car was under $2,000, gasoline was under 30 cents a gallon, and you could buy a magazine for 20 cents.
February 8, 2011
Voters Still Wary of Changes in Egypt, But 68% Say U.S. Should Not Get Involved
Voters aren’t convinced that changing the government in Egypt is good for the United States, but they still feel strongly that America should stay out of the political crisis engulfing its Middle Eastern ally.
February 8, 2011
Where Spanish Is a Threatened Language By Froma Harrop
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The ice, snow and sleet that paralyzed American aviation last week forced upon me two extra days in tropical Puerto Rico. Somehow I managed. And so did the legions of other Americans and Canadians sharing stories of canceled flights as they contentedly drank cafe con leche in the warm sun of Plaza de Colon.
February 8, 2011
27% See UN As U.S. Ally, 15% As An Enemy
The United Nations has been conspicuously absent from the diplomatic activity surrounding the political crisis in Egypt, but few U.S. voters lack an opinion of the New York-based international organization.
February 8, 2011
SUCCEEDING IN YOUR BUSINESS: "Allocating the Purchase Price" When Selling or Buying a Business
"I have been running a successful online company -- a limited liability company -- for several years, with a number of different lines of business. Another company has made an offer to buy one of my lines of business for a very attractive price, and I'm inclined to accept.
February 7, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 45%, Democrats 38%
Republicans again hold a seven-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending February 6, 2011.
February 7, 2011
68% Believe Government and Big Business Work Together Against the Rest of Us
President Obama told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today that government and business “can and must work together."
February 7, 2011
Just Over Half Aware U.S. Spends Six Times as Much on Defense As Any Other Nation
Just 56% of Likely U.S. Voters recognize that the United States spends about six times as much on national defense as any other nation in the world. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 13% disagree and say it’s not true, while a sizable 31% are not sure.
February 7, 2011
63% Say It’s Too Hard To Get Rid of Bad Teachers
Governors of several major states in an effort to improve lagging student performance are seeking ways to get rid of poor teachers by weakening or eliminating longstanding teacher tenure policies. Most Americans agree that it’s too difficult right now to get poor teachers out of the classroom.
February 7, 2011
More Voters Still Think Federal Government Encourages Illegal Immigration
Most voters continue to believe that the policies of the federal government encourage illegal immigration, but voters are now almost evenly divided over whether it's better to let the federal government or individual states enforce immigration laws.
February 7, 2011
As With Other Fallen Allies, Egypt Will Vex the U.S. By Michael Barone
Most campaign rhetoric and political punditry is underpinned by an assumption that perfect solutions are possible, if only people would have the good sense to adopt the candidate's or the pundit's course of action. Alas, that is not always so.
February 7, 2011
58% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law; Most Still Expect Costs To Rise and Quality To Suffer
The majority of voters still support repeal of the new national health care law and remain convinced that it will drive up the cost and hurt the quality of health care in the country.
