29% Look Forward to Valentine’s Day, 22% Dread It
It happens every February 14, but still seems to catch many people by surprise.
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February 14, 2011
February 13, 2011
68% Want Dinner with Someone Special on Valentine’s Day
The day of love is just around the corner and the latest Rasmussen Reports survey reveals that what the the majority (68%) of American Adults would like most is to dine with someone special for Valentine’s Day.
February 13, 2011
Economy, Health Care Still Top Voters’ List of Important Issues
House Republicans are plotting aggressive spending cuts and planning to defund the national health care law in efforts to stimulate the anemic economy, the issue that remains at the forefront of voters’ minds.
February 13, 2011
Berkeley Does Guantanamo By Debra J. Saunders
On Feb. 15, on the recommendation of its Peace & Justice Commission, the Berkeley (Calif.) City Council is set to vote on a resolution to invite "one or two cleared" Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle in Berkeley.
February 12, 2011
76% Say It’s Good for America When Dictators Replaced by Leaders Chosen in Free Elections
From the beginning of the American experiment, people in the United States have viewed the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence as a guiding light to the world. Just as importantly, Americans tend to think our nation will be better off if others follow that example.
February 12, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 11, 2011
Let the budget battle begin.
February 12, 2011
Obama Equal Reagan? So Far, It Ain't Even Close By Lawrence Kudlow
A week after Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday celebration, comparisons between Presidents Obama and Reagan continue.
February 11, 2011
65% of Americans Favor Prayer in Public Schools
The debate rages as it has for decades whether there really is a constitutionally mandated separation of church and state, but most Americans don’t seem to mind mixing prayer and public education.
February 11, 2011
Just 25% Recognize That Most Americans Are Investors
Half of all Americans own stocks, bonds or mutual funds, but most are also unaware of that fact.
February 11, 2011
Homeowners Remain Wary About Short-Term Housing Recovery, Confident About Long-Term Market Values
Homeowners continue to hold little hope for the value of their house in the short-term and show no new confidence in long-term recovery.
February 11, 2011
How Clinton Balanced the Budget By Joe Conason
As America approaches the deadline for increasing the statutory national debt -- or risking a catastrophic default on our obligations to creditors and citizens -- there is no shortage of stupid ideas to restore fiscal order.
February 11, 2011
The Shirtless Congressman By Susan Estrich
At one level, it's astoundingly funny: a congressman telling a woman with whom he is flirting that the only picture he has of himself is shirtless. If there is one thing every congressman has, it is pictures of himself in a shirt. Often, stuffed.
February 11, 2011
60% Have Favorable Opinion of Hillary Clinton
With the crisis in Egypt dominating the headlines, most voters give good marks to America’s chief diplomat, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
February 10, 2011
Coffee Drinkers Buy Starbucks More But Like Dunkin’ Better
Maybe it's the doughnuts that make the difference. While Americans are more likely to buy their coffee at Starbucks, they like Dunkin' Donuts better.
February 10, 2011
43% Say Government Policy Mistakes Created Great Depression of 1930s, 26% Disagree
Economists still argue about what caused the Great Depression of the 1930s and what got the nation out of it.
February 10, 2011
62% Still Favor Death Penalty for Fort Hood Killer
Voters are now more inclined to view the November 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas as a criminal act rather than terrorism, but they feel just as strongly that the Muslim U.S. Army major charged with the killings should be executed if convicted in his upcoming trial.
February 10, 2011
Lieberman, Harman and Vanishing Democratic Moderates By Michael Barone
Political pundits of a certain stripe have been lamenting the disappearance of Republican moderates for years. It's time now to lament the disappearance of moderate Democrats.
February 10, 2011
48% Say Shifting Military Money To Border Security Would Make America Safer
Nearly half of U.S. voters think America would be a safer place with less spending on the military and more money put into securing the borders.
February 10, 2011
AOL/HuffPo Meet Corporate Greed By Debra J. Saunders
In one of her many iterations, Arianna Huffington targeted "corporate greed" as a force undermining America. That was during one of her populist phases, which frequently are followed by Huffington morphing into what she once scorned.
