President Barack Obama laid out three major – and costly - policy goals in his Tuesday night speech to the nation – health care reform, development of new sources of energy and ensuring that every child has “a complete and competitive education.” He also repeated his pledge to cut the federal deficit in half in four years.
Two weeks ago we discussed the basic framework for 2010's thirty-six Senate elections. Last week we reviewed the seventeen Democratic Senate seats that are on the ballot in the midterm year.
When it comes to important national issues, 73% of adults nationwide trust the judgment of the American people more than that of America’s political leaders.
One of my favorite federal judges used to laugh whenever I began a sentence "with all due respect," because he knew I was about to tell him I thought he was wrong.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of U.S. voters say President Obama is unlikely to achieve his pledge to cut the federal deficit in half within four years. Twenty-seven percent (27%) say he is not at all likely to do it.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of U.S. voters say President Obama’s plan to raise taxes on those who earn more than $250,000 a year would be good for the economy, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Only 29% of Americans believe the federal government should nationalize some banks that are at risk of going out of business, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
A couple of years ago, when speaking to a local group, I mentioned that The Chronicle was losing money.
In early October, as the meltdown of the financial industry gained momentum following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 59% of U.S. voters agreed with Ronald Reagan that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
At the brink of global ruin, many Americans suddenly seem willing to consider sensible ideas that were always deemed unthinkable, and to reject foolish notions that were once deemed brilliant. Soon we may be mature enough to observe how other developed countries address problems that have baffled us for generations.
How big should government be? The answer is: As big as it has to be -- and for small-government types, no bigger than it has to be.
ACORN, a national organization of community activists, is encouraging people in foreclosure to resist the law and refuse to leave their homes. Twenty-one percent (21%) of Americans support the idea.
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.
Americans tend to believe they pay a higher share of their income in taxes than people in other income brackets.
President Obama’s first speech to Congress on Tuesday night set the course he hopes the nation will follow toward economic recovery, health care reform and energy independence, among other pressing demands. But how will the public react?
Fifty-five percent (55%) of U.S. voters believe the media tries to make the economy seem worse that it is. That’s an increase from 46% in November.
The president deserves the high marks he is getting from the public for his first month in office. Most presidents get to spend their first month putting up the draperies.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of Americans favor a plan forcing banks to stop all mortgage foreclosures for the next six months, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
I hate to admit it, but I miss Bill Clinton. At least that lecherous old charmer was more amusing than his successor as a Democratic president, our new mortician in chief, Barack "End of the World" Obama.
Democrats have pulled slightly further ahead this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
