24% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-four percent (24%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending December 10.
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December 14, 2015
December 14, 2015
Holiday Shoppers Still Buying in Record Time
Americans continue to shop at a record pace this holiday season.
December 14, 2015
Voters See Worse Relations with Islam But Not With Individual Muslims
More voters than ever see a worsening relationship between the United States and the Islamic world, but they are less convinced that most Muslims around the world view America as an enemy and vice versa.
December 12, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 12, 2015
Donald Trump appears to have defied the media and the political status quo once again.
December 11, 2015
More American Fascism: Trump's Bigotry Relies on Legal and Historical Precedents By Ted Rall
George Stephanopoulos, ABC News: "You're increasingly being compared to Hitler. Does that give you any pause at all?"
Donald Trump: "Because what I'm doing is no different than what FDR [did]. FDR's solution for Germans, Italians, Japanese many years ago. This is a president who was highly respected by all. He did the same thing -- if you look at what he was doing it was far worse."
When it comes down to core values, you can never make an exception.
December 11, 2015
Trump Change: ‘The Donald’ Moves Up Again This Week
Belief among Republicans that Donald Trump is their next likely presidential candidate continues to rise despite his condemnation by nearly all the other GOP candidates for proposing a temporary ban on immigrants from Muslim countries.
December 11, 2015
An Establishment Unhinged By Pat Buchanan
Calling for a moratorium on Muslim immigration "until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on," Donald Trump this week ignited a firestorm of historic proportions.
December 11, 2015
Immigration and Our Founding Fathers' Values by Michelle Malkin
President Obama claims that restricting immigration in order to protect national security is "offensive and contrary to American values." No-limits liberals have attacked common-sense proposals for heightened visa scrutiny, profiling or immigration slowdowns as "un-American."
December 11, 2015
Belief That Terrorists Winning War On Terror Is Near Record High
Following the horrific attacks in Paris and California, belief that the terrorists are winning the War on Terror is near its highest level ever in regular surveying since 2004.
December 11, 2015
'Misunderestimating' the American People By Michael Barone
As the week began, I planned to write this column about some implications of Barack Obama's Sunday night Oval Office address. I noted that he devoted about one-fifth of this 13-minute speech to pleas that Americans not discriminate against Muslims.
"It is the responsibility of all Americans -- of every faith -- to reject discrimination," he said. "It's our responsibility to reject proposals that Muslim Americans should somehow be treated differently."
December 10, 2015
Americans Want to Keep Christ in Christmas
Americans are putting a lot more stock in religion this Christmas season.
December 10, 2015
Republicans 2016: The Presidential Shake-Up Continues By Larry J. Sabato
The Donald Trump Show continues to dominate the airwaves and the polls, and the other candidates seem mere apprentices by comparison.
The billionaire’s appeal is very disproportionately tilted to the blue-collar half of the Republican electorate — many are the old Reagan Democrats who have long since defected from the party of their fathers. Much of the college-educated half of the party, by contrast, views Trump with disdain, but they are fractured and split among the rest of the contenders.
December 10, 2015
Voters Like Trump’s Proposed Muslim Ban
Despite an international uproar and condemnation by President Obama and nearly all of those running for the presidency, Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims coming to the United States has the support of a sizable majority of Republicans – and a plurality of all voters.
December 9, 2015
Most Americans Are Feeling Charitable
Americans are embracing the holiday season this year and are in the giving spirit.
December 9, 2015
National Security Profiling Is a No-Brainer By Michelle Malkin
Calm down and think, America.
December 9, 2015
Voters See Media Biased Against Trump but Not Clinton
Voters are far more likely to think the media is biased against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump than against his chief Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
December 9, 2015
Armed Iranian Doctor Rushes To Shooting Victims — As American As It Gets By Charles Hurt
On Dec. 2, as Islamic terrorists in combat gear strode into a San Bernardino Christmas party and began methodically executing Americans for their religious beliefs, the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces started ruminating on all the political angles and consequences.
December 9, 2015
Voters See Terrorism, Not Guns, As Main Issue In San Bernardino Attack
President Obama on Sunday, in an address to the nation about the recent shooting massacre in San Bernardino, California, described the incident as terrorism but also said it highlighted the need for more gun control. Voters place far more importance on the terrorism aspect in this case, but they are slightly more supportive of a federal database listing all gun owners in the country.
