What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 10, 2009
It’s all about taxes this time of year.
It’s all about taxes this time of year.
This president hasn’t had an easy week since he took office, and the past one was one of his toughest yet.
Many Americans think there’s already too much government in their lives and the government they’ve got either ignores real problems or makes them worse.
Many Americans think there’s already too much government in their lives and the government they’ve got either ignores real problems or makes them worse.
Who elected these people, anyway?
Beyond the front-page political debate and the falling stock market, Rasmussen Reports this past week got further evidence of how far-reaching the country’s economic problems have become.
President Obama this week continued his effort to spend the country out of recession with his first speech to Congress outlining where he wants to go and his first budget showing how he plans to pay for it.
That was the week that was, and voters didn’t like much of what they saw.
Ready or not, here they come.
President Obama is quickly learning that being president is harder than just talking about it.
For the time being at least, it looks like political labels don’t matter as much to Americans as they face an uncertain economic future.
For the time being at least, it looks like political labels don’t matter as much to Americans as they face an uncertain economic future.
Time doesn’t stand still for ceremony, and neither do the problems that are currently facing the United States. Barack Obama is well aware of this, with his swearing-in as president finally at hand.
With no break in the bad economic news, Americans are reconciling themselves to the need for Big Brother to step in and lend them a hand.
Welcome to 2009! Last year was a rough one for all of us, but many Americans are pinning their hopes on Barack Obama, who becomes president in less than three weeks.
Finally, the commercial season comes to a brief close, and the real meaning of Christmas is celebrated.
Barack Obama is just about the only bright spot on the horizon for most Americans as Christmas comes and the troubled year of 2008 nears a close.
A piece of General Motors, the house next door and Barack Obama’s Senate seat – all were for sale this week, and voters let us know exactly what they think they’re worth.
The election was over a month ago, or was it?
Just this past Tuesday Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss won Georgia’s Senate run-off, finally ensuring that Democrats will not have a 60-Democrat filibuster-proof Senate.
America’s at war and in the midst of economic problems of an historic magnitude. We’re also at the end of one presidency and the beginning of the next, with a largely new cast of characters to lead the nation at this critical time.