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.
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January 26, 2011
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.
January 24, 2011
Obama Ties Super Bowl in Battle for Voters’ Attention
It’s a tie game when you ask voters which they are more interested in watching – President Obama’s State of the Union speech tomorrow night or the upcoming Super Bowl.
January 23, 2011
50% Now View Biden Favorably
Historically speaking, being vice president has generally been a thankless but not too demanding job. Joe Biden, unlike his predecessor Dick Cheney, seems to be following this more traditional model, and voters are viewing him slightly more favorably these days.
January 23, 2011
Wendy’s Is the Winner in Battle of the Top Burger Chains
Burger battle? Is that like a food fight?
January 23, 2011
Jerry Brown Takes on Redevelopment By Debra J. Saunders
GOP Assemblyman Chris Norby is a former Orange County supervisor with a longtime and deep aversion to California's 425 redevelopment agencies. Some redevelopment zones may eliminate blight and provide low-income housing as originally intended, he concedes, but redevelopment also allows billions of tax dollars to bankroll the building of a lot of half-empty shopping malls, as well as sweetheart deals that pad the pockets of well-connected developers.
January 22, 2011
GE's Immelt on the Hot Seat By Lawrence Kudlow
Can GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt talk President Obama into a major corporate tax cut? Immelt has been appointed to the new Council on Jobs and
Competitiveness, which replaces the disbanded Paul Volcker Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Immelt was a member of that original board. Now he has a more elevated position in the Obama 2.0, allegedly pro-business move-to-the-center Clintonesque White House.
January 22, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 21, 2011
Things appear to be looking up a bit for President Obama who on Friday posted his highest job approval numbers in nearly a year in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
