Obama Has Aura but Doesn't Know How To Legislate By Michael Barone
Aura dazzles, but argument gets things done. Consider the debate on the Democrats' health care bill and the increasingly negative response to Barack Obama's performance.
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July 30, 2009
July 29, 2009
34% Say U.S. Headed in Right Direction
Thirty-four percent (34%) of likely voters now believe the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That’s up three points over the past week and ties the level found during the first week of July.
July 29, 2009
75% Favor Auditing The Fed
So much for the ongoing secrecy of the nation’s independent central banking system. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 75% of Americans favor auditing the Federal Reserve and making the results available to the public.
July 29, 2009
52% Like Bernanke’s Public Outreach, but Fed Chairman’s Favorables Are Down
Ben Bernanke’s unprecedented appearance at a town hall forum this week is part of the Federal Reserve Board chairman’s increasing public outreach, and 52% of Americans think it’s good for the economy for Bernanke to be speaking out more.
July 29, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Swine Flu
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday focuses on an experimental vaccine for swine flu.
July 29, 2009
Lily Burk, 17 By Susan Estrich
You just have to see the picture of her: a girl on the verge, finding her style, raising her voice, about to embark on a life she could barely yet imagine. This summer she was supposed to volunteer helping homeless drug addicts on Skid Row. Instead, according to police, she was killed by one.
July 29, 2009
49% Now Say America’s Best Days Are In The Past
Nearly one-out-of-two U.S. voters (49%) now say the nation’s best days are in the past, a five-point jump from last month and the highest level of pessimism on this question in a year.
July 29, 2009
A Pocketful of Miracles By Tony Blankley
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whatever her other capacities, demonstrated last week that she is a master at the poetic art of haiku -- the Japanese poem form that encapsulates in three or fewer lines of 17 or fewer syllables a larger thought or image.
July 28, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Cambridge Police Incident
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the recent arrest of Henry Louis Gates.
July 28, 2009
Republicans Remain Ahead on Generic Ballot
Support for Republican and Democratic congressional candidates changed little this week in the latest edition of the Generic Ballot.
July 28, 2009
Most Voters Still Don’t Like Pelosi
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains America’s best-known – and least-liked - congressional leader, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
July 28, 2009
54% Expect Interest Rates To Rise In Next Year
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Americans now say interest rates will be higher a year from now, a 20-point jump from April.
July 28, 2009
Just 23% Believe Health Care Costs Will Go Down if Reform Passes Congress
Americans are fairly evenly divided on the health care reform proposals working their way through Congress, but most remain convinced that the plans will raise costs and hurt the quality of the care they receive.
July 28, 2009
All-American Kooks By Debra J. Saunders
The video features an angry woman in red, armed with a birth certificate and a small American flag, scolding Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., at a town meeting. She is angry, she said, because President Obama "is not an American citizen. He is a citizen of Kenya."
July 28, 2009
Pot Could Be Gold for California By Froma Harrop
The popular TV series "Weeds" is about a widowed suburban mother who deals pot to preserve her family's cushy California dream. Not a few Californians would like to see the theme writ large for their state. California has legalized medical marijuana, its cannabis crop is valued at $17 billion a year, and people there smoke pot openly. But the state can't collect a penny of revenues from the enormous enterprise.
July 28, 2009
51% Lack Confidence In U.S. Banking System
Confidence in the U.S. banking system has fallen again despite billions in federal bailout funds and record profits being declared by two of Wall Street’s top financial firms.
July 27, 2009
Voters Give Supreme Court Highest Rating in Over Two Years
With President Obama’s nominee Sonia Sotomayor expected to soon join its ranks, the U.S. Supreme Court is enjoying its highest performance ratings from voters in over two years.
July 27, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Bernanke
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
July 27, 2009
Ford Favorables Hold Steady, GM, Chrysler Down
Most Americans still have a much higher opinion of the one Big Three automaker who didn’t ask for a government bailout, while views of the two companies that did get bailed out continue to go down.
July 27, 2009
46% More Likely To Buy Ford ‘Cause It Didn’t Get A Bailout
Public opposition to the auto bailouts may translating into consumer buying decisions, with 46% of Americans now saying they are more likely to buy a car from Ford because it did not take government money to stay in business.
