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As 2010 turns to 2011 on Friday night, most adults plan to be home and wide awake.
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December 29, 2010
December 29, 2010
Voters See GOP As Winner of New Census Findings
While it’s a hot topic in Washington. D.C., only 33% of voters are Very Closely following recent news stories about the Census and congressional redistricting. That puts it way below the level of interest in the top stories of 2010.
December 29, 2010
No Comeback for New Comeback Kid By Tony Blankley
Don't believe all the Washington talk that President Obama had a great lame duck session and goes into the new year and the new 112th congress with the whip hand. Utter nonsense.
December 29, 2010
Voters Follow Unemployment, Jobs, Gulf Oil Leak Stories Closest in 2010
In a year loaded with news, voters in 2010 paid most attention to stories about unemployment and job creation, the disastrous oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the health care debate and the extension of the Bush tax cuts.
December 29, 2010
Zachary Furnish-John By Susan Estrich
Born on Christmas day in California to a surrogate mother, weighing in at 7 pounds 15 ounces.
The son of proud fathers Sir Elton John and his civil partner David Furnish.
No statement as to whether or which of the two was the sperm donor.
December 28, 2010
Most Americans Will Skip New Year's Eve Parties But Not Drinks
This New Year’s Eve, most Americans don’t plan on attending a party or even a dinner, but a sizable number intend to enjoy a drink. Even more will offer up a prayer as 2010 becomes 2011.
December 28, 2010
19% Get Regular News Updates Via Phone or Other Devices
One-in-five voters now regularly get news and political updates on their phones or other portable electronic devices.
December 28, 2010
Voters See Obama As Less Partisan Than Those in Congress
Voters appear a little less confident that members of both major parties will be able to work together in Washington, D.C.
December 28, 2010
Voters Still Pin Bad Economy More On Bush Than Obama
Nearly two years into the Obama presidency, voters still believe the nation’s continuing economic problems are due more to President George W. Bush than to the policies of the current occupant of the White House.
December 28, 2010
Libya and Oil Spell Commercial Warfare By Debra J. Saunders
Twenty-two years ago last week, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Scotland. The terrorist attack killed 270 people, including 189 Americans and 11 Scots on the ground in the small village of Lockerbie.
December 28, 2010
How the Kardashians Can Really Shock Us By Froma Harrop
If you don't already know about the Kardashian sisters, you probably don't want to know. Kourtney, Kim and Khloe have grown very rich dressing like tramps and otherwise exhibiting themselves, including sessions on the toilet (viewable on their E! channel program, "Keeping up With the Kardashians").
December 28, 2010
Just 21% Want FCC to Regulate Internet, Most Fear Regulation Would Promote Political Agenda
American voters believe free market competition will protect Internet users more than government regulation and fear that regulation will be used to push a political agenda.
December 27, 2010
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 38%
Republicans hold a five-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending December 26, 2010.
December 27, 2010
Fewer Voters Expect Tax Hikes Under Obama Following Deal
The number of voters who expect their own personal taxes to increase under the Obama administration has fallen to its lowest level since April 2009.
December 27, 2010
73% Fear Terrorists More Than Nuclear Attack
Three-out-of-four U.S. voters (73%) fear a terrorist threat more than a nuclear attack. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 16% believe a potential nuclear attack is a greater threat to the United States.
December 27, 2010
Even After Shellacking, Obama Looks OK in 2012 By Michael Barone
On the day after Boxing Day, it's worth noting that Barack Obama is down but not out.
December 27, 2010
Support for Health Care Repeal At 60%
For the second time this month, 60% of Likely Voters at least somewhat favor repeal of the national health care law, while the number who expect health care costs to increase is at its highest level since August.
December 26, 2010
The Silliest Stories of 2010 By Debra J. Saunders
2010 was a year consumed with silly stories. The more trivial the controversy, the more airtime it consumed. Although not all the silly stories made conservatives look stupid, the more a squabble tarnished the right, the surer it was to generate talking-head babble. And then they fizzle, as most non-stories do.
December 26, 2010
Current Session of Congress Died As It Lived
The current session of Congress finally closed its doors this past week with voters remaining largely as critical of it as they have been for months.
December 25, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 24, 2010
Time out! Christmas is an appropriate time to take a break from the political and social battles that dominate the landscape the rest of the year. After all, it's still the nation’s most important holiday as far as Americans are concerned, edging the Fourth of July.
