The Obama administration has acted on the belief that increased government spending is good for the economy, and a solid plurality of voters recognize that this view is not widely shared by the American people.
Eighteen years ago, "midnight basketball" was the big har-har-har on the conservative talk circuit. It was a federal program that sought to coax young men off the late-night mean city streets and onto supervised basketball courts.
Republicans hold an eight-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending March 20, 2011.
It’s been two months since Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives and they are now trusted more than Democrats on nine out of 10 important issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports.
There are certain statements that politicians and those in the political arena make every day as if they are things that everyone agrees on. The problem is, in many cases, people don’t agree on them – or do they?
Most voters still want the national health care law repealed, and the number who are at least somewhat confident that repeal will happen is at the second highest level since the law's passage by Democrats in Congress a year ago.
Nearly one-third of U.S. homeowners continue to say that they owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth.
One thing on which there seems to have been agreement during the monthlong debate about how the United States should respond to the uprisings in the Middle East -- in particular to the anti-Moammar Gadhafi rebels in Libya -- is that we must not act unilaterally.
The number of voters nationwide who give President Obama good or excellent marks for his handling of economic issues has fallen to a new low.
The Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox arguably made the biggest off season moves, and fans put them ahead of the pack going in to the 2011 Major League Baseball season.
The White House Office of Management and Budget projects that this year, mandatory spending will exceed federal revenue. Congress could cut every dime of discretionary spending and Washington would still run a deficit. Years ahead of forecasts, Social Security paid out more money than it took in last year. So who in Washington is serious about tackling the deficit and looming tidal wave of debt?
What's your pain threshold? For a plurality of Americans, it apparently hurts more to do their taxes than go to the dentist.
Much of America’s focus this past week has been on events across the Pacific and what they mean here at home.
The number of voters who think America's best days still lie ahead is now at its lowest level in 17 months.
While there is much stupid behavior to be found among politicians on both sides of the aisle during the embarrassing budget debate, few incidents have been more revealing than the latest Republican attempt to defund National Public Radio.
Voters are closely divided over whether Japan is giving the world the straight story about its nuclear plant problems, but there’s little change in the level of concern about leaked radiation reaching this country.
Voters believe the recent earthquake in Japan will damage the U.S. economy and just over one-in-four plan to donate money to help the stricken island nation.
Not long ago, Republicans mounted their high horse over Charlie Rangel's ethical lapses. They had a right to. Among other questionable conduct, Rangel had solicited charitable donations from executives with business before the House Ways and Means Committee, which the New York Democrat chaired.
Despite concern about the country’s historic-level budget deficit, Americans are not willing to pay more in taxes to reduce it.
Much has changed since our launch of the 2012 Crystal Ball Presidential Ratings—and yet little has changed in this slow-starting campaign. We outlined all our cautions about early assessments in the January Crystal Ball, so we’ll just skip right to the red meat evaluation.
