Voters Less Critical of Obama’s Leadership
President Obama's job approval ratings have been on the rise, and now voters show less negativity toward both his leadership abilities and style.
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January 26, 2011
January 26, 2011
60% Trust Business Leaders More Than Government To Create Jobs
President Obama argued strongly in his State of the Union speech last night for a bipartisan effort to create jobs, but most Americans think the best thing government can do is get out of the way.
January 26, 2011
Mr. ‘Investment’ By Lawrence Kudlow
In his State of the Union message tonight, President Obama is likely to call for some kind of corporate tax reform. But don’t look for him to be a budget-cutter.
January 26, 2011
Regulations and Rhetoric By Tony Blankley
Last week, the president wrote in the Wall Street Journal an article titled "Toward a 21st-Century Regulatory System" in which he announced that he had issued an executive order to review all government regulations on a cost-benefit ratio basis. In itself, this is a good idea, although the president makes it explicit that the cost-benefit analysis must take account of -- as benefits -- intangible factors such as "equity, human dignity, fairness, and distributive impacts." Plenty of leeway there for career regulators and liberal political appointees to justify almost any oppressive regulation they may stumble over.
January 26, 2011
Government’s “Other” Gluttony By Howard Rich
Over the last decade, America’s leaders chose to address the unsustainable growth of an already bloated federal government by spending unprecedented amounts of borrowed money. First there was George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism,” a wholesale abandonment of the Republican view of limited government that quickly turned surpluses into deficits – and independent voters into Democrats.
January 26, 2011
Voters Not Cutting New Congress Any Slack
There's a new Congress in town, but it still has a way to go to convince voters it's not more of the same.
January 26, 2011
33% of GOP Voters Hope Palin Isn’t 2012 Nominee
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin remains a top favorite of Republican voters, but she’s also the front-runner they least want to see get the GOP’s 2012 presidential nomination.
January 25, 2011
Fewer Voters Blame Obama Policies for Nation's Economic Problems
Tonight’s State of the Union address marks the halfway point of President Obama’s first term in office, and the number of voters who blame the president's policies for the country's continuing economic problems is at its lowest level since early October 2009.
January 25, 2011
27% Likely To Buy An Electric Car in Next 10 Years
Despite renewed concerns about the price of gas, most Americans still aren’t likely to buy an electric car in the next 10 years.
January 25, 2011
Giuliani is Leading GOP Contender If Front-Runners Drop Out
So what if Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich decide not to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 or their campaigns falter in the early going? Who will the GOP turn to?
January 25, 2011
Voters Wary of State of the Union Spending Proposals
President Obama is expected to call for targeted new government spending for education, transportation and technological innovation in his State of the Union speech tonight, but voters are lukewarm to the idea.
January 25, 2011
Deficits as Far as the States Can See By Froma Harrop
Like me, you may be wondering why 96,000 California state workers were given cell phones courtesy of the taxpayers. For, like me, you probably use a cell phone in the course of your work. And we know that if we asked our employers to pay for it, the answer would be N-O.
January 25, 2011
SUCCEEDING IN YOUR BUSINESS: Raising Capital Is Tough When You've Got Nothing To Lose
"For the past couple of years, I have run a brick-and-mortar retail store specializing in customized merchandise. I really want to take this business to the next level by building a website that will enable customers nationwide, and maybe even internationally, to customize our merchandise online. We have a proprietary technology for customizing our clients' orders that our attorneys tell us can be patented. We also have one of the best software developers in America wanting to work with us to develop the website.
January 25, 2011
Just 22% Say Obama Likely to Meet 2009 Goal of Cutting Deficit in Half
Deficit reduction is expected to be a key part of President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight as it has been since early in his presidency, but few voters expect him to hit his goal of cutting the deficit in half by the end of his first term.
January 25, 2011
Stopping the Obama Surge By Dick Morris
All the public opinion polls now confirm that President Obama has moved up sharply and significantly in popularity and job approval since he began to tack toward the center after the November election. Rasmussen and Zogby both have him over 50% job approval for the first time in almost a year. The key event was his high-minded speech in the aftermath of the Tucson shootings and his clear separation from the blame-oriented liberal commentators who tried to pin the killings on the Tea Party and Sarah Palin.
January 24, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 39%
Republicans hold a five-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending January 23, 2011, their smallest lead since the first week of December.
January 24, 2011
Ford Holds Slight Edge Among Likely Car Buyers
Americans are no more inclined to buy a new or used car now than they were a year ago, but among those who are in the auto market Ford comes out just ahead of its American competitors.
January 24, 2011
Romney Holds Slight Edge Over Huckabee and Palin
History tells us that primary races are all about name recognition at this early stage, and right now, not surprisingly the best-known Republican hopefuls are running ahead among likely party primary voters.
January 24, 2011
Shriver and Lieberman Take JFK Link With Them By Michael Barone
Last Thursday was the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech, and while the anniversary did not go unmentioned, it got less attention than I expected. I suspect that those of us who can remember that snowy day -- why do we schedule our great national outdoor ceremony for a day that is as likely as any to be the coldest of the year? -- are inclined to overestimate the hold that Kennedy has on Americans five decades after he took the oath of office.
January 24, 2011
53% Favor Health Care Repeal, But Voters Worry Less About Being Forced To Change Coverage
Following the House's repeal of the national health care law last week, sending the issue on to the Senate, most voters continue to favor repeal, but support has fallen to its lowest level since late October. Fewer voters also now believe the law will force them to switch their health insurance coverage.
