Greedy Geezers Are Not Nice People By Froma Harrop
Let's talk about greedy geezers. The term displeases me because I find the vast majority of older people to be wonderfully generous and concerned for others.
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August 11, 2009
August 11, 2009
65% Say They’re Likely to Get Swine Flu Vaccine
Sixty-five percent (65%) of Americans say they are at least somewhat likely to get the swine flu vaccine if it becomes available, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Thirty-eight percent (38%) say they are very likely to do so.
August 10, 2009
45% Rate Obama Good or Excellent As A Leader, Down 19 Points From January
Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters now give President Obama good or excellent marks on leadership, down three points from last month and down 19 points from when he took office in January, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 10, 2009
32% Favor Single-Payer Health Care, 57% Oppose
Thirty-two percent (32%) of voters nationwide favor a single-payer health care system where the federal government provides coverage for everyone. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% are opposed to a single-payer plan.
August 10, 2009
Americans Still See More Enemies Than Friends In Middle East
The United States still has a long way to go building friendships in the Middle East despite President Obama’s highly-publicized outreach to the Muslim world.
August 10, 2009
Government Health Care in Stealth Mode By Michael Barone
One video is worth a thousand words (or, as in this column, about 730). The video in question, put together by a group called Verum Serum, shows public statements by three advocates of single-payer (government monopoly) health insurance explaining that a health care bill with a "government option" would move America toward a single-payer government health care system. You may not have heard of the first two, Rep. Jan Schakowsky and professor Jacob Hacker. But you have heard of the third, President Barack Obama.
August 10, 2009
On Health Care, 51% Fear Government More Than Insurance Companies
When it comes to health care decisions, 51% of the nation’s voters fear the federal government more than private insurance companies.
August 10, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Paula Abdul
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on Paula Abdul's recent departure from American Idol.
August 9, 2009
21% Say Vietnam Still An Enemy of U.S., 21% Say Ally
For most Baby Boomers, the Vietnam War was a watershed moment, with the names of the dead memorialized on a black marble wall in Washington, D.C., and on similar monuments around the country. Thirty-four years after that war finally ended, Americans are evenly divided over whether Vietnam is an ally or still an enemy of the United States.
August 9, 2009
Rally Round the Flag By Debra J. Saunders
Imagine it's four years ago and an aide to President Bush posted a blog on the Whitehouse.gov website that bemoaned Internet criticism of the Iraq war, then continued: "These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversations.
August 8, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 8, 2009
Now the health care reform debate begins in earnest.
August 7, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Health Care Decisions
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Friday focuses on health care.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
