52% Not Willing To Pay More For Clean Energy
Many Americans like the idea of developing clean, environmentally friendly sources of energy, but most aren’t willing to pay for it.
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June 18, 2010
June 18, 2010
Barack Obama’s Bogus Budget Cuts By Howard Rich
In its latest attempt to mitigate public outrage over out-of-control government growth, the administration of President Barack Obama has instructed a handful of federal agencies to cut their budgets by five percent.
June 18, 2010
New York Senate: Schumer Starts Strong
The first Rasmussen Reports look at Senator Chuck Schumer’s reelection run in New York finds the Democrat running well ahead of two little-known Republican opponents.
June 18, 2010
A Green New Deal Now by Joe Conason
If the right-wing chorus insists that the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is "Obama's Katrina," then let us hope the president will make the most of that slogan. The comparison between the utter failure of the Bush administration and the missteps and errors of the Obama White House is fundamentally false. Yet there is nevertheless a crucial parallel to be drawn as the fifth anniversary of the hurricane approaches.
June 18, 2010
Texas Governor: Perry (R) 48%, White (D) 40%
The Texas gubernatorial race is a little tighter this month, with Republican Governor Rick Perry’s support dropping just below 50%.
June 18, 2010
Obama's Inaction in the Name of Action By Debra J. Saunders
Note to President Obama: The catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill did not happen because Americans -- actually, the industrialized world -- have an "addiction to fossil fuels," as you suggested in Tuesday's Oval Office address.
June 18, 2010
Arkansas Governor: Beebe 57%, Keet 33%
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe now earns 57% support in his bid for reelection in Arkansas, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
June 17, 2010
GM Edges Ford Among Potential Car Buyers
Forty-eight percent (48%) of those who plan to buy a new or used car in the next year say they are at least somewhat likely to buy either a Ford or a vehicle made by General Motors, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
June 17, 2010
Iowa Senate: Grassley (R) 54%, Conlin (D) 37%
Longtime Republican Senator Chuck Grassley continues to earn more than 50% support in his bid for reelection in Iowa against newly-chosen Democratic nominee Roxanne Conlin.
June 17, 2010
46% Rate Obama's Response To Gulf Leak As Poor
Voters are more critical than ever of President Obama's handling of the ongoing Gulf oil spill despite his Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday night laying out what the government has done and intends to do in response. In fact, they're nearly as critical of the president now as they are of BP and Transocean, the two companies responsible for the leak to begin with.
June 17, 2010
Voters in Big States Prefer Skinflint Candidates By Michael Barone
"Government in New York is too big, ineffective and expensive," the candidate's website proclaims. "We must get our state's fiscal house in order by immediately imposing a cap on state spending and freezing salaries of state public employees as part of a one-year emergency financial plan, committing to no increase in personal or corporate income taxes of sales taxes and imposing a local property tax cap."
June 17, 2010
71% Say Government Response To Oil Leak Important To Their Vote
Seventy-one percent (71%) of U.S. Voters rate the government’s response to the Gulf oil leak as at least somewhat important in terms of how they will vote in November, with 35% who say it is Very Important.
June 17, 2010
Make Louisiana a U.S. Protectorate By Froma Harrop
A modest proposal: The federal government should take over Louisiana. Might as well, at this point.
June 17, 2010
Weak Speech from an Indecisive Obama By Lawrence Kudlow
One problem with President Obama’s Oval Office speech was his declaration that 90 percent of the oil spill would be captured in “coming days and weeks.” Ah, if only government were that strong and powerful. Trouble is, the spill rate late yesterday afternoon was again revised upward toward 60,000 barrels per day from the prior estimate of 25,000.
June 17, 2010
Tennessee Governor: McWherter (D) Trails GOP Hopefuls
Three Republican contenders in the race to be Tennessee's next governor continue to hold double-digit leads over Democratic candidate Mike McWherter, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
June 17, 2010
39% in New Jersey Favor Recall of Menendez, 39% Oppose
New Jersey voters are now evenly divided over whether Senator Robert Menendez should be recalled from office, with support for recall unchanged from two months ago.
June 16, 2010
51% in New Jersey Approve of Governor’s Performance
Most New Jersey voters still approve of the job that Governor Chris Christie is doing, and he earns solid support for his handling of the state’s contentious budget situation.
June 16, 2010
30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty percent (30%) of 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 June 13.
June 16, 2010
72% of GOP Voters Say Republicans In Congress Out of Touch With Their Base
Republicans in Congress still haven't convinced the party faithful that they have their best interests in mind.
June 16, 2010
67% Say Better Government Inspections of Oil Rigs Might Have Prevented Leak
Though most Americans are placing responsibility on British Petroleum (BP) to finance the cleanup of the oil rig leak in the Gulf of Mexico, they are also placing some blame on the government for not inspecting offshore rigs properly.
