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July 23, 2009

Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: General Motors & Chrysler

The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Thursday focuses on General Motors and Chrysler.

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July 23, 2009

72% Don’t Want Feds Changing Their Light Bulbs

Washington’s got another bright idea that most Americans don’t like.

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July 23, 2009

35% of Minnesotans See the Vikings Improving if Favre Joins Team

Retired star quarterback Brett Favre reportedly will decide by Friday whether he will return to the National Football League, and 35% of adults in Minnesota think the Minnesota Vikings will be a better team than last year with Favre at the helm.

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July 23, 2009

53% Say Obama is ‘Partisan Democrat’

Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters say President Obama is now governing like a partisan Democrat, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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July 23, 2009

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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July 22, 2009

Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Presidential Press Conferences

The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday focuses on Presidential press conferences.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.