The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Health Reform By Froma Harrop
It's high noon on health care reform. Time to identify the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
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July 23, 2009
July 23, 2009
A Month of Gloomy Thursdays for Health Care Plan By Michael Barone
Thursday is the day things tend to come to a boil on Capitol Hill. Members of Congress have been in town for three or four days; they're planning their exits on Friday to meet other commitments; they've had a chance to talk and meet with one another and sample the moods of their colleagues.
July 23, 2009
Is Bernanke Wise Enough to Exit? By Lawrence Kudlow
Fed head Ben Bernanke went before Congress this week with his midyear update on monetary policy and the economy.
July 23, 2009
Just 25% Now Say Stimulus Has Helped The Economy, 31% Say it Hurt
Confidence in the $787-billion economic stimulus plan proposed by President Obama and passed by Congress in February continues to fall.
July 22, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Presidential Press Conferences
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday focuses on Presidential press conferences.
July 22, 2009
31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Just 31% of likely voters now believe the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Down one point over the past week, it’s the lowest level found on the question since mid-February.
July 22, 2009
53% Now Oppose Congressional Health Care Reform
The health care reform legislation working its way through Congress has lost support over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 44% of U.S. voters are at least somewhat in favor of the reform effort while 53% are at least somewhat opposed.
July 22, 2009
Mother Knows Best By Susan Estrich
The president is "not familiar" with the bill. No one can explain how it will work yet, as Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., told a contentious town meeting. There are various plans, and negotiations are still in the early stages.
July 22, 2009
Just 20% Say Health Care Is Obama’s Top Priority
Only 20% of U.S. voters now say health care reform is the most important of the four budget priorities President Obama laid out early in his presidency, down four points from the end of May.
July 22, 2009
Beware of Comprehensive Health Care Reform By Tony Blankley
I was listening to National Public Radio's morning "news" Monday on the way to work, during which the newsperson read the apparently "factual" statement that the United States is the only developed country that does not provide "comprehensive" health care coverage.
July 22, 2009
46% Say TV News More Reliable Than Internet, 35% Disagree
Forty-six percent (46%) of Americans say they still consider network television news programs a more reliable source of news than the Internet.
July 21, 2009
Republicans Take Four-Point Lead on Generic Ballot
Support for Republican congressional candidates has reached its highest level in over two years as the GOP lengthens its lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Ballot.
July 21, 2009
44% Expect to Stay With Same Employer for More Than Five Years
Six percent (6%) of American workers expect to have a new employer within a year. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 17% expect to work for the same company for more than a year, but less than five. A plurality, 44% of workers, expect to have the same employer for more than five years.
July 21, 2009
64% Say Baseball Players Today Are More Skilled Than 50 Years Ago
Sports fans love to compare players from different eras of a sport, especially baseball fans.
July 21, 2009
Cronkite Far Better Liked Than Current Crew of TV Anchors
All the Walter wannabes have a ways to go to match the dean of television newscasters who died last Friday. Americans like longtime CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite much more than the current crew of network anchors, perhaps because they see him as less ideologically liberal.
July 21, 2009
Truly Greasing the State Budget By Debra J. Saunders
Sacramento is so desperate to erase the state budget's $26.3 billion shortfall that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic Legislature seem poised to end decades of prohibition so that they can tap new revenue from a widely occurring natural resource -- one dear to many Californians and known for its unmistakable aroma.
July 21, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Environment
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the environment.
July 21, 2009
The Logic of a Locavore By Froma Harrop
"Spoiled: Organic and Local Is So 2008," read the headline in Mother Jones magazine. You can imagine the snark that followed.
July 21, 2009
51% Oppose U.S. Manned Mission to Mars
Buzz Aldrin, one of the three U.S. astronauts who first walked on the moon in 1969, says America’s next goal should be sending a manned mission to Mars, but just 29% of Americans agree.
July 20, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Government Reaction to Economic Problems
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on the nation's current economic crisis.
