Voters Still Want Feds Out of Health Care
Reducing costs remains voters' top health care priority, and they continue to believe that keeping government out of the health care market is the best way to achieve that goal.
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January 6, 2016
January 5, 2016
Battening Down the Hatches, Reminiscent of the 1930s By Michael Barone
Battening down the hatches. That's what America and much of the rest of the world seem to be doing today, in an eerie re-enactment, though to much less of a degree, of what America and the world did in the 1930s. The result then wasn't very pretty. The result now is unknown.
January 5, 2016
44% of Democrats Have Had Enough of 2016 Race
With the Iowa caucus less than a month away, most voters say they’re ready and eager for the 2016 presidential contest. But Republicans are much more enthusiastic about the year to come than Democrats and unaffiliated voters are.
January 5, 2016
Will Mideast Allies Drag Us Into War? By Pat Buchanan
The New Year's execution by Saudi Arabia of the Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr was a deliberate provocation.
January 5, 2016
Complicating the Obvious By Thomas Sowell
Engineers who design computerized products and services seem to have an almost fanatical determination to avoid using plain English.
It is understandable when complicated processes require complicated operations. But when the very simplest things are designed with needless complications or murky instructions, that is something else.
January 5, 2016
President’s Full-Month Approval Ends 2015 On A Low Note
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
January 4, 2016
26% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-six percent (26%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the short New Year’s week ending December 30.
January 4, 2016
Voters Blame Congress More Than Obama for Gridlock
Voters want the Republican-led Congress and President Obama to work together, and they're far more likely to blame Congress than the president for preventing that from happening.
January 4, 2016
Most Americans Like the Look of 2016
Americans are more disappointed with last year than they expected to be but are more confident about 2016.
January 2, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 2, 2016
Hope is dwindling, and a desire for change is in the air.
January 1, 2016
Happy New Year
It’s officially 2016, but Americans still don't place too much importance on New Year’s Day.
January 1, 2016
Obama Reshapes Presidential Politics -- But Maybe Not To Democrats' Benefit By Michael Barone
One thing that's striking about the presidential race, which, finally, officially begins soon, is how much the race has been shaped by Barack Obama. The course of the contests for both the Republican and Democratic nominations would be inconceivable absent the course of the Obama presidency.
January 1, 2016
Winners & Losers: 2015 By Pat Buchanan
Each year, "The McLaughlin Group," the longest-running panel show on national TV, which began in 1982, announces its awards for the winners and losers and the best and the worst of the year.
Rereading my list of 39 awardees suggests something about how our world is changing.
December 31, 2015
Americans Aren’t Big on New Year’s Resolutions
Many Americans aren’t starting off 2016 on a new foot, but those who are plan to stick with it.
December 31, 2015
Will Bill Be A Plus or A Minus for Hillary’s Campaign?
Hillary Clinton vowed earlier this month to unleash her husband, former President Bill Clinton, on the campaign trail on her behalf in January, but that’s looking less like a good idea.
December 31, 2015
Most Will Greet 2016 With A Kiss
Americans are slightly more inclined to spend this New Year’s Eve at home, but they plan to welcome the new year just the same as always.
December 30, 2015
Government Workers Are Least Likely to Work on Holidays
Most working Americans still get major holidays off, especially if they work for the government.
December 30, 2015
Criticism of Obama’s Leadership Rises
As Barack Obama enters his final year as president, voters are more critical of his leadership abilities.
December 30, 2015
Defining Political Child Abuse: A Tale of Two Cruz Families By Michelle Malkin
Remember 5-year-old Sophie Cruz?
