Most Voters Still Say Bailouts Were a Bad Idea
Looking back, most U.S. voters still don't approve of the government bailouts of the financial industry and troubled automakers General Motors and Chrysler.
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January 11, 2010
January 11, 2010
Looking Closer at the Massachusetts Senate Polls
On the surface, three recent polls on the upcoming Massachusetts special election to fill the Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy seem to tell three different stories.
January 11, 2010
17% Expect Health Care Plan To Lower Costs, 57% Expect Costs to Go Up
Voter expectations that the health care legislation before Congress will become law have reached a new high, but most are still opposed to the plan.
January 11, 2010
Imagine Waugh Writing About the Christmas Bomber By Michael Barone
In Evelyn Waugh's novel "Scoop," the best book on journalism ever written, Lord Copper, proprietor of the Daily Beast, is followed around by a flunkie who responds to every statement he makes. When Lord Copper says something that is true, the flunkie says, "Absolutely, Lord Copper." When he says something that is false, the flunkie says, "Up to a point, Lord Copper."
January 10, 2010
52% Still Blame Bush for Nation’s Economic Woes
As the nation’s unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, 52% of voters nationwide continue to believe that the economic woes can still be blamed on Administration of George W. Bush. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 41% hold the opposite view and believe the policies of Barack Obama are to blame.
January 10, 2010
Obama at War with al-Qaida By Debra J. Saunders
In the days that followed a foiled attempt to blow up Northwest Flight 253, the Obama White House clearly thought that it could bluff its way past the near disaster.
January 9, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 8, 2010
The week ended with unemployment still at 10%, and most of our indicators show Americans remain pretty gloomy about the country’s economic future. No wonder they’re sour on Congress and the president and what they’re up to.
January 9, 2010
Time to De-Stimulate By Lawrence Kudlow
After the arrival of a disappointing December jobs report, my thought on putting America back to work is simple: de-stimulate.
January 9, 2010
54% of Democrats Say Their Members of Congress Represent Them Well
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Democratic voters believe Democrats in Congress have done a good job representing their party’s values over the past several years.
January 8, 2010
28% Pick Colts to Win Super Bowl
As the NFL playoffs are set to begin, 28% of football fans believe the Indianapolis Colts will emerge as champions when all is said and done. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of 719 fans found that 14% believe the Dallas Cowboys will win it all, 13% pick the Minnesota Vikings, 11% say it will be the San Diego Chargers, and 9% pick the New Orleans Saints to go all the way.
January 8, 2010
75% of GOP Voters Still Think Their Legislators Out of Touch
President Obama and congressional Democrats may be suffering these days in the polls, but Republican voters are still unhappy with the job their legislators are doing in Washington, D.C.
January 8, 2010
Partisan Hysteria Hypes (and Helps) al-Qaida By Joe Conason
The latest atrocity attempted by al-Qaida seems to be yet another example of history reprising a great tragedy as farce.
January 8, 2010
Schwarzenegger -- What Might've Been By Debra J. Saunders
Mention Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger -- you need only say his first name -- and many Californians respond with a long sigh, then with words like "squander" or "waste" or "missed opportunity." Those in the political class look at Schwarzenegger and see what might have been.
January 8, 2010
2010 Kentucky Senate: GOP Hopefuls Now Ahead of Both Democratic Rivals
The two top Republican hopefuls for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky have put a little more distance between themselves and their chief Democratic contenders in a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
January 8, 2010
18% Say It’s Very Likely That U.S. Will See Another Great Depression
Americans are far from optimistic about the economy, but they have mixed emotions about how low it can go.
January 8, 2010
The Newest Federalism By Susan Estrich
In 1981, Ronald Reagan's ideologists pronounced his attack on the welfare state an expression of the "new federalism." It wasn't that they were against helping the poor and the needy, but that the federal government was the wrong branch of government to do it. Even the president talked about it. People, myself included, wrote papers.
January 7, 2010
59% Favor Racial, Ethnic Profiling For Airline Security
The Christmas Day terrorist attempt by a Nigerian Muslim on a U.S. airliner has reignited the debate on racial and ethnic profiling in airports, but most Americans agree that profiling is necessary to ensure airline safety
January 7, 2010
Are Free Market Forces on the Comeback Trail? By Lawrence Kudlow
Here’s my latest Money Politics message: the midterm elections are going to be crucial in determining the outlook for pro-growth, free market policies includes lower taxes, lower spending, ending bailouts and diminishing federal control over our economic freedom.
January 7, 2010
Blumenthal Begins Connecticut Senate Race with Big Lead Over GOP Hopefuls
Longtime Senator Chris Dodd announced yesterday he will retire rather than run for reelection, and Democratic prospects in Connecticut have suddenly gotten a lot better. Richard Blumenthal, the state attorney general, announced his candidacy yesterday, and he leads all potential Republican challengers by wide margins.
January 7, 2010
45% Say Random Group From Phone Book Better Than Current Congress
More voters have greater confidence in the telephone book these days than in the current Congress, and most think their national legislators are paid too much to boot.
