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August 7, 2009

Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Health Care Decisions

The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Friday focuses on health care.

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August 7, 2009

25% Agree With Pelosi That Health Insurers are ‘Villains’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared last week that health insurance companies are “villains,” and 25% of U.S. voters agree with her.

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August 7, 2009

As Congress Begins Recess, Voters Give It Weakest Ratings Since Early February

Just 14% of likely voters give Congress good or excellent ratings this month, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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August 7, 2009

Chief Bratton By Susan Estrich

Last month, when reports surfaced that Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton and his wife, Rikki Klieman, were putting their house on the market, people in L.A. started getting nervous. The chief is in the second year of his second five-year term. It is the first time in the 20-plus years I've lived here that no one was trying to show him the door.

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August 7, 2009

41% View Town Hall Protesters Favorably, 35% Don’t

Forty-one percent (41%) of U.S. voters have a favorable opinion of the people opposing health care reform at town hall meetings now being conducted by members of Congress, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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August 7, 2009

What Are the Birthers Really After? By Joe Conason

On Aug. 4, President Barack Obama celebrated the anniversary of his birth, an event that occurred 48 years ago in the state of Hawaii. This is an indisputable fact, as sane critics on the right, such as the editors of the National Review and the veteran pundit Patrick Buchanan, acknowledge.

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August 7, 2009

71% See Book Learning As Key To Success

Get smart, but do it in school. That seems to be the message from a sizable majority of American adults.

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August 7, 2009

Hazardous to America's Health By Debra J. Saunders

You know that American voters aren't feeling the love for ObamaCare when House members hold town-hall meetings in their districts, only to be heckled and booed.

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August 6, 2009

New Jersey Governor: Christie Takes 13-Point Lead Again

Republican challenger Chris Christie has regained his 13-point lead over incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine in New Jersey’s closely watched gubernatorial race.

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August 6, 2009

Just 36% Confident Stimulus Money Will Be Used for Roads and Bridges

Members of Congress have expressed concern that economic stimulus funds are not being properly directed to major infrastructure projects, and it seems most Americans also lack confidence that the money will be correctly used.

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August 6, 2009

40% Likely To Buy An All-Electric Car In Next 10 Years

President Obama yesterday announced $2.4 billion in federal grants to spur the production of electric cars in this country, and 40% of Americans say they are at least somewhat likely to buy an all-electric car within the next decade. But only 14% say it’s very likely.

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August 6, 2009

Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Vietnam

The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Thursday focuses on Vietnam.

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August 6, 2009

Rasmussen Reports Announces New Growth Capital Investment

Rasmussen Reports, LLC today announced a major growth capital investment from New York City-based Noson Lawen Partners to expand and enhance its daily collection and analysis of public opinion data in the United States.

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August 6, 2009

55% Oppose Commission To Keep News Industry Going

As far as the public is concerned, the embattled U.S. news media is on its own.

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August 6, 2009

No, Red States Are Not Better Than Blue States By Froma Harrop

In an entertaining but silly political game, partisans score points by comparing statistics of so-called red states and blue states. Conservative Ross Douthat does that in a recent column, "Blue-State Blues."

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August 6, 2009

Vote for the Clunkers By Lawrence Kudlow

As a free-market capitalist who does not believe in artificial spending and pump-priming from Uncle Sam, I'm going to eat a little crow with the following statement: At this moment in history, if we're going to use fiscal stimulus as Washington insists, I favor extending the cash-for-clunkers car-rebate program.

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August 6, 2009

Krugman Disses Rasmussen Poll - But Forgets to Fact-Check

In a blog posting yesterday, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman raises questions about a recent Rasmussen Reports poll of Massachusetts voters. The poll shows that Bay State voters are less than enthusiastic about the state’s experiment in health care reform.

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August 6, 2009

Obama Would Stifle Military and Medical Creativity By Michael Barone

We Americans tend to take the great strengths of our country for granted. In the hubbub of political debate, we concentrate on things that are allegedly wrong with America and lose sight of our great achievements.

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August 5, 2009

33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

One-in-three likely voters (33%) now say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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August 5, 2009

Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Health Insurance Companies

The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday focuses on health insurance companies.