Just 11% Say Government Can Run Financial Institutions Better
Only 11% of Americans think a financial institution will run better if it’s run by the federal government, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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March 27, 2009
March 27, 2009
A Benefit for Rape By Susan Estrich
What's Bill O'Reilly doing at a benefit for rape victims and their families?
March 27, 2009
One-Out-of-Seven Favor 90% Tax Rate for Millionaires
Just one-out-of-seven Americans (14%) would like to see a 90% tax rate on earnings above a million dollars a year. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 74% are opposed to such a high tax rate for the nation’s highest earners.
March 26, 2009
More Voters Than Ever Say Tax Cuts Help the Economy
Democrats in the Senate are talking of cutting back President Obama's pledge of tax cuts for most Americans in the face of record deficits. But 63% of U.S. voters now say tax cuts would help the economy, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 26, 2009
Voters Divided As to Whether Obama Budget Will Help or Hurt Economy
Voters are evenly divided over whether President Obama’s proposed $3.6 trillion budget will help or hurt the economy.
March 26, 2009
66% Say Obama Likely To Raise Taxes On Those Earning Less Than $250,000 A Year
Two-thirds of U.S. voters (66%) think President Obama is likely to raise taxes on people who less than $250,000 per year. That figure includes 47% who say he is Very Likely to do so.
March 26, 2009
STATEHOUSE ROCK: 36 Governorships on the Chopping Block in 2010 By Larry Sabato
We've had two good weeks of gubernatorial fun in the Crystal Ball, reviewing the early match-ups for the 2010 midterm Governor battles here and here. Now it's time to examine the remaining sixteen statehouses, all currently controlled by Republicans.
March 26, 2009
The Con Game of Blame By Joe Conason
As Barack Obama's economic advisers confront choices that vary from bad to worse in their mission to revive the financial sector and the broader economy, it is worth remembering that those choices were in essence inherited by the president, who is still new to his office. Listening to his critics, especially on the right, it would be easy to believe that the president is personally responsible for ballooning deficits, gigantic bailouts, ridiculous bonuses, nationalized institutions and careening markets. It would be easy to believe but entirely false -- and merely the latest episode in an old political con game that is all too typical of Washington.
March 26, 2009
Springtime for New England Republicans? By Froma Harrop
There was a time when New England sent lots of Republicans to Washington. These were fiscally conservative but socially liberal "Rockefeller Republicans," also found in the Northwest, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. As the party turned socially conservative and fiscally reckless, many Yankees departed.
March 26, 2009
30% Say Government Should Limit Pay for Athletes and Movie Stars
While a great deal of public anger is focused at corporate executives these days, Johnny Depp and the Boys of Summer don’t fare much better.
March 25, 2009
Voter Confidence In Country's Course Holds Steady
One third (33%) of American voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction. That’s up six points since President Barack Obama was inaugurated and up twelve points since shortly after he was elected.
March 25, 2009
Watching The Trillions Pile Up By Howie Rich
With another $2 trillion in federal interventionism announced within the last week alone, the price tag for America's economic "recovery" continues to soar to stratospheric, scarcely-comprehensible heights.
March 25, 2009
Supreme Court Receives Highest Ratings in Nearly A Year
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters say the Supreme Court is doing a good or excellent job, the highest level found since last April.
March 25, 2009
Most Americans Support Government Control of Executive Pay Only If Taxpayer Money Is Involved
American attitudes about regulating executive compensation are very clear: If taxpayers help a company stay in business, the government should regulate executive pay and bonuses. But if no taxpayer money is involved, the government should keep its hands off.
March 25, 2009
The Most Dangerous City in the World By Tony Blankley
In a world growing more dangerous by the week in this dark spring of 2009, Washington may be the most dangerous city in the world.
March 25, 2009
Looking for the Line By Susan Estrich
Nothing gets people's attention faster than picketing them at home -- which is not necessarily a reason to do it.
March 25, 2009
Nearly One-Third of Younger Americans See Colbert, Stewart As Alternatives to Traditional News Outlets
Nearly one-third of Americans under the age of 40 say satirical news-oriented television programs like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are taking the place of traditional news outlets.
March 24, 2009
Democrats Regain Lead on Generic Congressional Ballot
After slipping to a new low last week, support for Democratic Congressional candidates rebounded to once again move ahead of the GOP on the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
March 24, 2009
81% Say Congress Can’t Raise Taxes Retroactively
Eighty-one percent (81%) of U.S. voters say Congress does not have the right to raise taxes on all Americans retroactively, even as the legislators are considering such legislation to punish those who got bonuses from American International Group (AIG).
March 24, 2009
The Word Is -- A Tie -- For Stewart, Colbert and Miller
The results are in for the showdown of the cable news political comics – and it’s a tie. Among those who know who they are, that is.
