Voters Still Give Lukewarm Marks to Stimulus Plan
Voters continue to send mixed signals about the $787-billion economic stimulus plan approved last year by Congress, even as spending for some portions of the plan begin to run out.
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December 21, 2010
December 21, 2010
Voters Say Businesses Should Spend To Create Jobs But Don’t Want Government To Force Them
President Obama in a meeting last week with top U.S. business leaders urged them to use some of their ample cash reserves to create new jobs, and most voters think that’s a good idea. But they draw the line at the government making the businesses spend their money that way.
December 21, 2010
SUCCEEDING IN YOUR BUSINESS: Oh, Ben Turpin, Where Art Thou?
As the year draws to a close, it's time to get a little philosophical and take a longer-range view of some things that are happening in the world.
December 21, 2010
Can We Break the China Habit? By Froma Harrop
It's been tough watching fellow shoppers fill their carts with Chinese imports as the People's Republic stomps on American interests and values. At WalMart, Bed Bath & Beyond and other big chains, it's hard to find goods NOT-made-in-China. Lamps, popcorn makers, kitty scratch boards. Cuisinart toasters and Emeril cookware. Made in China.
December 21, 2010
President Obama Governs as Bush 44 By Debra J. Saunders
Once upon a time in America, when George W. Bush served as America's 43rd president, Democrats criticized the Bush tax cuts, especially for the wealthy. This month, President Obama called a measure extending all the Bush tax rates "a win for our economy" -- after excoriating liberal critics of his compromise tax package as "sanctimonious."
December 21, 2010
Most Oppose Voting Suggestions from Religious Leaders
Though a sizable number of voters view the religious faith of political candidates as important, they don’t want their local religious leaders telling them who to vote for.
December 21, 2010
Most Voters View Pelosi, Reid Unfavorably, Give Mixed Marks to Boehner, McConnell
While the midterm elections initially brought some good will to the voter ratings for the top congressional leaders, the subsequent month seems to have taken it away. Ratings for the four leaders as the current session of Congress draws to a close have now fallen back to their pre-election levels, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters.
December 20, 2010
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 45%, Democrats 38%
Republicans hold a seven-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending December 19, 2010.
December 20, 2010
43% Have Finished Their Holiday Shopping
With Christmas this Saturday, the number of Americans who’ve completed their holiday gift shopping has doubled from a week ago. But just over half still have shopping to be done.
December 20, 2010
Voters Give Mixed Marks to Influence of Religion on Government Policy
Voters have mixed feelings about how much influence religious leaders have when it comes to U.S. government policy, but very few believe most politicians put their religious faith first.
December 20, 2010
41% Expect Tea Party To Play Bigger Role in 2012
The Tea Party was widely credited (or blamed) with playing a major role in Election 2010 and most voters expect that the grass roots movement will have as much, if not more, influence on the 2012 political campaigns.
December 20, 2010
Reid and Pelosi Finally Get Mugged by Public Opinion By Michael Barone
Elections have consequences. The consequences of the November 2010 elections -- and one might add the November 2009 elections in New Jersey and Virginia and the January 2010 special Senate election in Massachusetts -- became clear as lights shined over the snow at both ends of the Capitol on Thursday night.
December 20, 2010
For First Time Ever, Most Voters Think Health Care Repeal Likely
For the first time since Democrats in Congress passed the health care bill in March, a majority of U.S. voters believe the measure is likely to be repealed.
December 19, 2010
A Majority of Football Fans Favor New Safety Rules
There has been much controversy over the new National Football League helmet-to-helmet contact rules, but a strong majority of professional football fans support these safety penalties.
December 19, 2010
Football Fans Weigh In On Vick, Favre
Two of the more compelling stories in the National Football League this year are the resurrection of Michael Vick’s career and the impending end of Brett Favre’s.
December 19, 2010
The Democrats' New Pork: Trains to Nowhere By Debra J. Saunders
In the last decade, the symbol for profligate federal spending was the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" -- a huge proposed span that would link the town of Ketchikan, Alaska, population 7,500, to an airport on Gravina Island. Powerful Alaska Republican lawmakers tried to stick American taxpayers with a huge chunk of the tab for this dubious project.
December 18, 2010
Patriots Favored to Win Super Bowl XLV
The New England Patriots were the first team in the National Football League to punch their ticket to the playoffs, and now one in three football fans expects they will win this year’s Super Bowl.
December 18, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 17, 2010
President Obama and senior congressional Republicans eked out a victory this week on the bill extending the Bush tax cuts for two years, cutting the federal payroll tax for a year, and extending emergency unemployment benefits for 13 months.
December 18, 2010
Reaganomics 2.0 in the Driver’s Seat By Lawrence Kudlow
On a historic night this past Thursday, a new Tea Party Republican Congress completely transformed U.S. economic policy. Elections matter, and so do their ideas. Smaller government, low taxes, and less spending were key election themes in the Republican landslide. And those themes triumphed this week as a large tax-cut bill finally passed the House and a monstrosity of a spending bill was defeated in the Senate.
December 17, 2010
40% Say Food Stamps Too Easy to Get
The federal government recently reported than 14% of the U.S. population or a record 42.9 million people received food stamps in September, with up to 20% getting them in some states.
