Avoid GOP Timidity in 2011 By Tony Blankley
What should the congressional GOP's policy objectives be for the next two years regarding federal deficits and prosperity?
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January 19, 2011
January 18, 2011
Majority Think Government Should Help Only Those Who Can Afford Their Mortgages
The debate over the federal government's role in the home mortgage market remains a stalemate even as taxpayers continue to provide billions of dollars to keep government-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in business. At issue is whether the duo should continue to make low-cost subprime mortgages available to those who can't necessarily afford them.
January 18, 2011
50% Say Government Puts Wall Street Ahead of Main Street
Americans feel more strongly than ever that the government is more concerned with making Wall Street firms profitable than making the financial system work for the rest of us.
January 18, 2011
56% Say Media Put Too Much Emphasis on Politics in Arizona Shooting Coverage
Voters give mixed marks to the media’s handling of the recent tragic shootings in Arizona, and most say the coverage focused too much on the political angle of the story.
January 18, 2011
Most Think Congress Doesn’t Read What It Votes On, Favor Putting Bills Online Well In Advance
House Speaker John Boehner like many of his predecessors has pledged that the new Congress will be more open and transparent than the previous one, but voters want even more openness than he has promised.
January 18, 2011
Stocks Say We’re Healing; Prices Say Look Out By Lawrence Kudlow
U.S. economic recovery continues to look better, according to the stock market and a boatload of economic stats last week. Stocks jumped 133 points on the Dow, which hit a 30-month high following its seventh straight weekly rise. Early fourth-quarter profit reports from Alcoa, Intel, and JPMorgan all beat expectations. Share prices are back to June 2008 levels, before the financial meltdown.
January 18, 2011
The Orphaned Left By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
For the past three years, the left and Obama have been indistinguishable, joined at the hip in a marriage of ideology and, where that failed, of convenience. Now the marriage is on the rocks and some see a divorce in the offing.
January 18, 2011
Voters Now Trust GOP More On All 10 Key Issues
Republicans officially assumed control of the U.S. House of Representatives this month, and voters now trust the GOP more than Democrats on all 10 of the most important issues regularly surveyed by Rasmussen Reports including the economy, health care, taxes and national security.
January 18, 2011
Scott's Video Report and Chat: Public Opinion on Health Care Reform
Given the historical nature of this vote on whether or not to repeal the unpopular health care bill and what it means to the national political debate, it seemed like a good time for an overview of our poll results related to this topic and an analysis about where things seem to be headed. To view this exclusive video presentation, please click here. You will need to be logged in to your Platinum Service account to view it. Please allow 15 minutes for the presentation.
January 17, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 38%
After holding double-digit leads for the past two weeks, Republicans lead Democrats by eight points on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending January 16, 2011.
January 17, 2011
Voters Tend To See Health Care Repeal As a Deficit Reducer
Although the Congressional Budget Office claims repealing the health care law will increase the federal budget deficit, a plurality of voters disagrees with that assessment. At the same time, most voters feel free market competition will do more to cut health care costs than government regulation.
January 17, 2011
Voters Give Obama Good Marks for Arizona Response, See No Lasting Political Change
Most voters have a favorable opinion of President Obama’s response to the recent shootings in Arizona but feel the incident will have no lasting impact on the political debate in the country.
January 17, 2011
Most Still Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, Say It Will Increase Deficit
Support for repeal of the national health care law passed last year remains steady, as most voters continue to believe the law will increase the federal budget deficit.
January 17, 2011
A Sigh of Relief When Mad and Evil People Are Foiled By Michael Barone
In his superb speech in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday evening, Barack Obama did great service to the nation. He put to rest the libel that political incivility is responsible for the Tucson shootings. He did so with three words that he added to the written text: "It did not."
January 17, 2011
82% Hold Favorable View of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Most Americans continue to hold civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in high regard while holding mixed views about the state of race relations in this country.
January 16, 2011
Undecided Is The Leader Among Golden Globe Watchers
The curtain is set to rise on tonight’s 68th annual Golden Globe awards, and there are no clear favorites to win the top film awards among those who intend to watch.
January 16, 2011
Voters Hold Less Fear of Government Health Care Decisions
Voters for the first time are slightly less fearful of having their health care decisions made by the federal government than by private insurers.
January 16, 2011
What Makes Brown Think He Can Get a Tax Increase? By Debra J. Saunders
Can Jerry Brown do it?
January 15, 2011
Americans Show Little Confidence in U.S. Race Relations
As the nation prepares to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Americans show little confidence in the state of race relations in the country today and into the future.
January 15, 2011
38% Say America's Best Days Are In The Future
With the start of the New Year, voters are slightly more optimistic about the future of America than they have been for most of 2011.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 38% of Likely Voters say the country's best days are in the future, up from 32% last month and the highest level measured since mid-February of last year. Forty-four percent (44%) feel America's best days are in the past, while another 18% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 11-12, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC . See methodology.
