Most Still Think Too Many On Welfare Who Shouldn’t Be
Most Americans still think welfare programs in this country are being abused.
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March 22, 2017
March 22, 2017
Voters See Gorsuch Opposition As Politics, Not Issue-Based
Voters remain confident that Judge Neil Gorsuch will be approved for the Supreme Court and think he deserves it more than President Obama’s nominees did at this stage of the process. Opposition to Gorsuch is seen as driven more by politics than concerns about his judicial thinking.
March 22, 2017
Bring Assata Back ASAP By Michelle Malkin
If FBI agents have time to track down Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jerseys, why can't they bring back AWOL convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur?
March 22, 2017
Trump-obsessed Media Pay No Attention to the Man Holding the Political Puppet Strings By Charles Hurt
For a guy who claims to be above or beneath or beside grubby politics in America, FBI chief James Comey sure does manage to insert himself into the seamiest corners of politics and seize the spotlight at the most fraught moments possible. In this past election, Jim Comey was the “Where’s Waldo?” of American politics.
March 22, 2017
Kindest Cuts by John Stossel
"Devastating!" shouts Chuck Schumer. Even Republicans are unhappy. Big spending "conservative" congressman Hal Rogers calls President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts "draconian, careless and counterproductive."
March 22, 2017
Americans Are Much More Likely to Get A New Car
A new car is on a lot more Americans’ shopping lists this year.
March 21, 2017
Voters Blame Size of Deficit on Politicians’ Unwillingness to Cut
Voters want budget cuts, but most also recognize that politicians will be hard to sell on the idea.
March 21, 2017
Will Russiagate Backfire on the Left? by Patrick J. Buchanan
The big losers of the Russian hacking scandal may yet be those who invested all their capital in a script that turned out to based on a fairy tale.
March 20, 2017
40% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty percent (40%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending March 16.
March 20, 2017
Most See U.S. Foreign Aid As A Bad Deal for America
Most voters think the U.S. government gives away too much in foreign aid and that taxpayers aren’t getting their money’s worth.
March 20, 2017
Judge Gorsuch and The Corpse Flower by Charles Hurt
Every few years, the botanical garden down on the National Mall proudly boasts its prized “corpse flower.” In years when our federal swamp gets hot and icky enough, the foul-smelling plant turns a throbbing purple and blooms.
March 20, 2017
Americans Scoff At Participation-Only Rewards
Americans recognize the importance of sports and teamwork in a child’s development, but they also think there should be winners and losers at the end of the day.
March 18, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 18, 2017
Finally, the political debate has turned away from gotcha fake news stories to real issues – Obamacare and the biggest proposed cuts in the federal government in decades, to be precise.
March 17, 2017
The Splitting Up Of The Democratic Party by Ted Rall
Before the election, some pundits were predicting that a Trump defeat would cause the Republican Party to split into at least two discrete new parties -- one representing the old GOP's business establishment, the other for the populist firebrands of the Tea Party. As the fight over gutting Obamacare reveals, those factions are in an uncomfortable marriage. But a full-fledged rupture doesn't appear imminent.
March 17, 2017
Americans Don’t Want to Get Rid of Valedictorians
More and more schools around the country are eliminating long-standing systems that rank high school students on the level of their academic achievement including the designation of senior class valedictorians and salutatorians. But Americans aren’t eager to embrace the change.
March 17, 2017
Perceptions Are That Trump's Policies Are Working By Michael Barone
Perceptions matter. People make decisions, even life-altering decisions, based on what they perceive as likely to happen. To the extent that public policy affects such decisions, the perception of likely policy change can affect behavior even before the change happens -- even if it ends up never happening.
March 17, 2017
Is McCain Hijacking Trump's Foreign Policy? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The senator from Kentucky," said John McCain, speaking of his colleague Rand Paul, "is working for Vladimir Putin ... and I do not say that lightly."
What did Sen. Paul do to deserve being called a hireling of Vladimir Putin?
March 17, 2017
Most See Major Changes in Obamacare As Likely
Voters are a little more protective of Obamacare now that Congress is debating its future, but most still believe big changes in the law are likely in the next few months.
March 16, 2017
Voters Oppose Requiring All Pregnancy Centers to Cite Abortion Providers
Lawmakers in Hawaii are considering a bill that would require all pregnancy centers to refer patients to facilities that provide abortions, a move pro-lifers say violates their religious beliefs and free speech rights. While most voters are pro-choice, few favor a law like the one in Hawaii.
