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March 17, 2009

Recession Has No Effect on Mid-Income Retirement Hopes

The recession has forced nearly two in five (39 percent) Americans to save less for their golden years, but it hasn't changed their perception about whether middle income families can save for retirement.

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March 17, 2009

GOP's Sliding Scale for Self-Discipline By Froma Harrop

In his essay "Why the GOP Can't Win With Minorities," conservative scholar Shelby Steele almost nails the half-question in the title. An African-American, Steele contrasts the "moral activism" of liberals with conservative calls for personal discipline.

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March 17, 2009

18% Say Economy Has Caused Bad Blood With Family or Friends

For some Americans, the current economic crisis is bad for more than business.

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March 16, 2009

53% Say U.S. Should Build More Nuclear Power Plants

Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters believe more nuclear power plants should be built in the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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March 16, 2009

51% Say U.S. and Allies Are Winning the War on Terror

Confidence in the War on Terror rose this month, with 51% of likely voters saying the U.S. and its allies are winning.

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March 16, 2009

79% Support U.S. Troops on the Border to Fight Drug Violence

Seventy-nine percent (79%) of U.S. voters now say the military should be used along the border with Mexico to protect American citizens if drug-related violence continues to grow in that area.

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March 16, 2009

Just 9% of Non-Union Workers Want to Join Union

Union members tend to believe that most workers want to join a labor union. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of union members hold that view while only 18% disagree.

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March 15, 2009

Confidence Boosted by Obama’s Words, Democratic Investors Follow His Lead

Consumer and investor confidence increased dramatically over the past week after falling to record lows. On Sunday morning, March 15, the Rasmussen Consumer Index rose to the highest level since November 5, the morning after Barack Obama was elected president.

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March 15, 2009

The Drug War Body Count By Debra J. Saunders

"The war on drugs is a failure," Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Cesar Gaviria and Ernesto Zedillo -- the former presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico -- wrote in the Wall Street Journal last month. "Prohibitionist policies based on eradication, interdiction and criminalization … simply haven't worked," they wrote.

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March 14, 2009

A Shotgun-Marriage Proposal By Lawrence Kudlow

Is it really necessary for taxpayers to spend another dime on the TARP? We’ve already committed $700 billion, half of which was spent under Pres. Bush and half of which is coming under Pres. Obama. And now, as we wait with baited breath for Treasury-man Tim Geithner’s detailed plan to purchase bank toxic assets, the TARP could rise by another $1 trillion or more.

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March 14, 2009

66% Say U.S. Should Stay in the United Nations

The head of the United Nations on Wednesday called the United States, which pays nearly one-fourth of the international organization’s $5-billion annual budget, a “deadbeat” because it doesn’t always get the check in on time.

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March 14, 2009

Criticism Shows Obama Is Losing Focus By Michael Barone

We've been hearing a lot of criticism of Barack Obama in recent days from pro-Obama corners -- from celebrity investor Warren Buffett, from moderate conservative columnist David Brooks, from one of the Democratic Party's deepest thinkers, William Galston -- all along the same lines.

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March 13, 2009

Governor’s Popularity Plummets in New York

The botched Caroline Kennedy-for-Senate affair? Proposing a slew of unpopular new taxes? These issues and more have prompted a 26-point dive in New York Governor David Paterson’s approval ratings over the last two months.

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March 13, 2009

43% Agree With Obama’s Call for National Curriculum and Grading Standards

Forty-three percent (43%) of Americans agree with President Obama’s proposal to require all schools nationwide to follow the same standards for curriculum and grading.

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March 13, 2009

Unfavorables Remain High For Congressional Leaders

Nearly two months into an historic session of Congress wrestling with one of the nation’s severest economic crises, voters have not changed their opinions of major congressional leaders from both parties.

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March 13, 2009

When Is a Plea Bargain Not a Plea Bargain? By Susan Estrich

Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty in federal district court in New York to all 11 counts against him, waiving his right to an indictment, avoiding the humiliation of a trial, and depriving his victims and the public of what might have been a public course in how Ponzi schemes work, and how even sophisticated investors can be played for dupes.

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March 13, 2009

Only 34% Believe U.S. Will Be Number One At End of the Century

America has a case of low self-esteem. And it’s not getting any better.

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March 13, 2009

From Frozen Minds, A 'Spending Freeze' By Joe Conason

If President Barack Obama's response to the economic crisis is imperfect, as he acknowledges, and if the Congressional Democrats leave much to be desired as well, then Americans can at least be thankful that the nation's fate has not been consigned to the frozen minds on the other side of the aisle.

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March 12, 2009

The Energy Tax Cut Mustard Seed By Lawrence Kudlow

Crumbling energy prices have created a profoundly positive tax cut effect for U.S. consumers across-the-board.