Voters Divided on Obama Budget
Forty-one percent (41%) of voters nationwide have a favorable opinion of the $3.6-trillion budget proposed by President Obama in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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March 6, 2009
March 6, 2009
The Real World of Gay Marriage By Susan Estrich
In an ideal world, gay marriage would be won at the ballot box. Voters would recognize that they have absolutely nothing to lose by allowing their fellow citizens the same rights to marry that heterosexual men and women now enjoy. Even many prominent conservatives (say, Sarah Palin) have come to recognize that it is wrong, heartless even, to deny gay couples the right to sign up for health benefits or to make critical medical decisions for their partners.
March 6, 2009
Approval Of Congress Up, But Voters Downplay Its Accomplishments
Voters don’t like what they’ve seen so far as Congress works to lift the troubled U.S. economy.
March 6, 2009
Hopes of Bipartisanship Have Faded
Nearly half (49%) the nation’s voters say politics in Washington, D.C. will be more partisan over the next year. That’s up nine points from a month ago.
March 5, 2009
34% Agree You Can’t Earn Living in U.S. Without Government Help
George Lakoff, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, recently stated that “the moral mission of government is simple: no one can earn a living in America or live an American life without protection and empowerment by the government.”
March 5, 2009
Minnesota Voters See Franken As Winner, Closely Divided Over Senate Race Revote
Forty-seven percent (47%) of Minnesota voters now believe Democrat Al Franken has been elected to the U.S. Senate in a race so close that it’s been working its way through the state’s court system for the last four months.
March 5, 2009
75% Believe Constitution Guarantees Right To Own A Gun
Seventy-five percent (75%) of Americans believe the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of an average citizen to own a gun, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 5, 2009
Online News Sources Seen As Reliable As Local Papers
Fifty-two percent (52%) of Americans say they go online and use the Internet every day or nearly every day, and most of those adults now find online reporting comparable to that in their local newspaper.
March 5, 2009
Plan Obama: Pass the Check By Debra J. Saunders
Twenty-five years after 1984, Doublespeak lives. Last week, President Obama released "A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America's Promise" -- a 10-year, $3.55 trillion spending plan that represented anything but fiscal maturity.
March 5, 2009
Rich Shouldn't Get Overwrought By Froma Harrop
Amid pleas to spare the rich, the right is accusing the Obama administration of waging vile class warfare. They envision wooden carts carrying the wealthiest 2 percent to the guillotine. Are the critics right? Only in the tumbrels of their mind.
March 5, 2009
Tax and Spending Concerns Rise As National Issue
Just four years ago, voters said national security was the most important political issue facing the nation. During Election 2008, the economy became their top priority, and national security was a distant second.
March 4, 2009
47% of Texas Voters Support Governor's Opposition to Stimulus Funds
The plurality of Texas voters (47%) support Governor Rick Perry’s opposition to accepting the state’s $17 billion share of the national economic stimulus package.
March 4, 2009
Number Who Say U.S. Is Heading In Right Direction Hits Another High
Despite the country's persistent economic problems, 30% of voters now believe America is moving in the right direction, the highest level in several years.
March 4, 2009
30% Read Local Print Newspaper Regularly, Just 8% Read It Online That Way
Just 30% of Americans say they read a print version of their local newspaper every day or nearly every day, but under the age of 40, only half as many (15%) say the same.
March 4, 2009
Just 11% of Republicans Say Limbaugh Is Their Party’s Leader
Despite efforts by the Obama political team and its surrogates to link Rush Limbaugh to the Republican Party, just 11% of GOP voters say the conservative radio commentator is the party’s leader.
March 4, 2009
Obama Lied; The Economy Died By Tony Blankley
I am trying to capture the spirit of bipartisanship as practiced by the Democratic Party over the past eight years. Thus, I have chosen as my lead this proposition: Obama lied; the economy died. Obviously, I am borrowing this from the Democratic theme of 2003-08: "Bush lied, people died." There are, of course, two differences between the slogans.
March 4, 2009
Discover (R) U.S. Spending Monitor (SM) Falls to New Low
The Discover U.S. Spending Monitor reached an all-time low in February, falling more than two points to 75.7 (based out of 100). The decline reflects record-low readings for the Monitor's two main components: economic confidence and spending intentions.
March 4, 2009
43% Say Stricter Gun Control Very Likely Under Obama
Forty-three percent (43%) of Americans say it is Very Likely that the Obama Administration will try to implement stricter gun control laws even though 47% see no need for such laws.
March 4, 2009
Rush-Hour Frustration By Susan Estrich
He talks for hours every day. He gets paid to talk. Just talk. Doing it well is no small thing; witness the number of people who have tried to be him, or be the NOT-him, and failed. But he doesn't have to build a coalition.
March 3, 2009
Congressional Ballot Remains Close This Week
The race between Republicans and Democrats has once again tightened up in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. For the third time in the last four weeks, Republicans have pulled to within two points of the Democrats.
