49% Trust Themselves More On The Economy Than Obama
Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters trust their own judgment more than President Obama’s when it comes to the economic issues affecting the nation.
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February 13, 2009
February 13, 2009
Specter Vote For Stimulus Hurts Him Back Home
Senator Arlen Specter is one of only three Republicans to support the economic stimulus bill in Congress, and the latest Rasmussen Reports survey in Pennsylvania shows that his position is costing him support back home.
February 13, 2009
Mr. Credibility By Debra J. Saunders
Quoth President Obama: "It's a little hard for me to take criticism from folks about this recovery package, after they've presided over a doubling of the national debt. I'm not sure they have a lot of credibility when it comes to fiscal responsibility."
February 13, 2009
Live to Risk By Susan Estrich
Why would someone risk his life by, as the LA Times described, "extending his body away from a motorcycle and grabbing the seat as the motorcycle is upside down, then pulling back aboard as the motorcycle is righted before landing"? Or not. In which case, as it was with 24-year-old Jeremy Lusk, he ends up dead.
February 13, 2009
37% of Massachusetts Voters Say Kennedy Should Retire
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Massachusetts voters say terminally-ill Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy should retire from the Senate, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state.
February 13, 2009
The False Hope of Bipartisanship By Alan Abramowitz
It's not a matter of "if." It's a matter of "when." As in, when will all of the feel-good rhetoric about Democrats and Republicans joining hands to solve the nation's problems come to an end and open partisan warfare resume in Washington?
February 13, 2009
Senate 2010 By Larry J. Sabato
It's never too early for the Crystal Ball to look ahead to the next election. But unlike the Wizard of Oz's phony orb (when he's still the Kansas medicine man who peeks into Dorothy's purse for photos of Auntie Em), we try to run an honest Ball.
February 13, 2009
Voters Predicted Congress Would Approve Stimulus Package Without Reading It
Democratic leaders promised their congressional colleagues they would give them 48 hours to read the 1,000-page long $789-billion economic stimulus plan before they had to vote on it.
February 12, 2009
66% Are Worried Government Will Run Out of Money
Americans are a little more confident now than late last year about how much money the federal government has left in the bank – even as Congress and the Obama Administration plan to spend hundreds of billions more of taxpayer dollars.
February 12, 2009
The Harder They Fall By Debra J. Saunders
I ran into a friend in Sacramento Tuesday -- one of the many disappointed Republicans who inhabit the capital -- who told me that he will never again vote for a candidate for governor who has not lost an election. He had soured on the lack of humility invasive in state politics.
February 12, 2009
60% Say Stimulus Plan Is What Democrats Want, Not Bipartisan
Sixty percent (60%) of U.S. voters say the economic stimulus plan that is emerging from Congress is mostly what Democrats want rather than a truly bipartisan product.
February 12, 2009
Obama Campaigning Builds Support for Stimulus Program
President Obama’s prime-time press conference and his campaign-style events this week have boosted support for the economic recovery plan working its way through Congress.
February 12, 2009
Is Tim Geithner Ready for Prime Time? By Lawrence Kudlow
The day after President Obama's big news conference, and on the day Treasury man Tim Geithner unveiled his Bank Bailout Nation TARP III Plan, stock markets plunged in a vote of no-confidence, with the Dow dropping nearly 400 points.
February 12, 2009
The Old Folks Are Doing OK By Froma Harrop
"Round up everybody that can ride a horse or pull a trigger," John Wayne says in "Chisum." "Let's break out some Winchesters."
February 12, 2009
Stronger, Please, Mr. President By Joe Conason
Having allowed his Republican opponents to dominate the economic debate for two weeks as his stimulus proposal languished, President Obama used his first news conference to rebut them -- coolly and civilly, yet without leaving any doubt that he can strike back harder if necessary.
February 12, 2009
Most Americans Expect Economic Plans To Waste Money
Fifty-two percent (52%) of Americans say it is very likely that a large amount of taxpayer money in the proposed bank bailout plan and the new economic recovery plan will be wasted, due to inadequate oversight by the government.
February 11, 2009
Predict Our Poll Results: Who Had a More Lasting Impact on U.S. History--Lincoln or Washington?
In honor of President's Day, we are asking adults who they think had more of an impact on U.S. history--Abraham Lincoln or George Washington from February 11-12, 2009. We want you to predict what percentage of people will say that Lincoln had more of an impact on American history than Washington.
February 11, 2009
Predict Our Poll Results: Do You Know Your Credit Score?
It's important to have a good credit score. The higher the score--the better the interest rate! Therefore, from February 11-12, 2009, we are asking voters if they know what their credit score is. We want you to predict what percentage of people will say yes to the fact that they do indeed know their credit score.
February 11, 2009
On Economic Issues, Voter Trust in Democrats Is Falling
Democrats are still trusted more than Republicans to handle the economy by a 44% to 39% margin, but their advantage on the issue has been slipping steadily since November.
February 11, 2009
56% Oppose Any More Government Help For Banks
While the Obama Administration is pledging up to $2.5 trillion in support for the troubled U.S. financial system, 56% of Americans oppose giving bankers any additional government money or any guarantees backed by the government.
