39% Say Health Costs Will Go Down Only When Americans Change Their Lifestyle
Some experts have argued during the current health care reform debate that behavioral changes are needed before costs will come down in America.
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October 14, 2009
October 14, 2009
Most Want Government To Sell Amtrak, GM and Chrysler
The British government is selling a number of things it owns to pay off its growing debt, but voters have mixed feelings about the U.S. government doing the same thing. Amtrak and the ownership stakes in General Motors and Chrysler can go, as far as voters are concerned, but don’t touch the government’s land and the U.S. Postal Service.
October 14, 2009
Obama's Middle Class Betrayal By Howard Rich
As much as the Beltway chattering class refuses to admit it, Barack Obama's electoral victory last year had nothing to do with his oft-repeated, generic pledge to bring "hope and change" to Washington, D.C.
October 14, 2009
Washington Is Nuts By Tony Blankley
Want to hear a real laugher? Despite the current disharmony in politics, there's one policy on which all of Washington agrees. Republicans and Democrats, House and Senate, president and Congress all agree that after last fall's financial crisis, the federal government has to regulate the financial industry more closely to protect our economy from risk of systemic financial collapse.
October 14, 2009
2010 Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey Leads Specter, Runs Even With Sestak
Republican-turned-Democratic Senator Arlen Specter trails potential GOP challenger Pat Toomey by five points in an early look at Pennsylvania's 2010 Senate race. But another Democrat, Joe Sestak, runs dead-even with the likely Republican candidate.
October 14, 2009
The Promise of Peace By Susan Estrich
OK, so President Barack Obama hasn't accomplished enough to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize under the conventional approach.
October 14, 2009
30% Say Overweight Workers Should Pay More for Health Insurance
North Carolina is about to become the second state to penalize its employees for being obese, but just 30% of Americans favor making government workers who are overweight pay more for their health insurance.
October 13, 2009
Pessimism: Obama's Political Ally By Dick Morris
President Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize, but nobody thinks he deserves the Nobel in economics. Despite $800 billion of economic stimulus and the accumulation of a $1.4 trillion deficit, he has been unable to lower the unemployment rate below 9.8%.
October 13, 2009
GOP Advantage Slips to Two Points on Generic Ballot
Support for Republican congressional candidates dipped slightly this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
October 13, 2009
Confidence in Housing Values Jumps
Americans are more confident than they’ve been all year that housing values are going up and also are more likely to say their home is worth more than they owe on it. But they still don’t think it’s a good time to be selling.
October 13, 2009
56% Say U.S. Government Policies Encourage Illegal Immigration
U.S. voters want aggressive action to restrict illegal immigration, but they don’t think immigrants should bear the brunt of the enforcement efforts on their own. Most say the federal government and those hiring illegal immigrants also need to be brought into the discussion.
October 13, 2009
Weary of Culinary Spectacle, Spending and Sport By Froma Harrop
I must be the only "foodie" who didn't love "Julie & Julia," the movie about Julia Child and the office worker she inspired, Julie Powell. Am I allowed?
October 13, 2009
Virginia Governor: McDonnell 50%, Deeds 43%
Republican Robert F. McDonnell still holds a seven-point lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the race for Virginia governor.
October 13, 2009
What Happened to Global Warming? By Debra J. Saunders
"What happened to global warming?" read the headline -- on BBC News on Oct. 9, no less. Consider it a cataclysmic event: Mainstream news organizations have begun reporting on scientific research that suggests that global warming may not be caused by man and may not be as dire and eminent as alarmists suggest.
October 13, 2009
64% Say Ticket Prices Have Kept Them From Attending Sporting Events
Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans who follow sports at least somewhat closely say ticket prices for professional sporting events have kept them from going this year, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
October 12, 2009
Just 31% Believe U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Only 31% of likely voters say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
October 12, 2009
Are Economic Growth and Environmental Protection Compatible? Voters Evenly Divided
With Congress considering climate change legislation that many say will have a major impact on the U.S. economy, voters for the first time this year are almost evenly divided when asked if there is a conflict between economic growth and environmental protection.
October 12, 2009
44% Favor Health Care Reform, 50% Oppose
Forty-four percent (44%) of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s little changed from a week ago. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 50% are opposed to the plan.
October 12, 2009
45% Say U.S. Can Win War in Afghanistan, 29% Disagree
Voters aren’t brimming with confidence that the United States can win the war in Afghanistan, but, despite news reports of a worsening situation there, support for a continued U.S. military presence in the country is unchanged.
October 12, 2009
'Conceptual Language' Hides Health Care's Costs By Michael Barone
Some of the headlines in recent days are not worthy of belief. No, I'm not referring to the headlines that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, however odd that many seem to many (including, it seems, Obama himself). I'm referring to the headlines earlier in the week to the effect that the health care bill sponsored by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus will cut the federal deficit by $81 billion over the next 10 years.
