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December 17, 2010
December 16, 2010
Santa Will Find More Adults on His Nice List This Year
Guess Americans have been a little nicer this year. More Adults think Santa will find them on his nice list this Christmas season compared to last year.
December 16, 2010
Obama Still Earns Low Marks on Economy
While a plurality of voters continues to give President Obama positive ratings on his handling of national security issues, his ratings on economic issues remain near all-time lows.
December 16, 2010
How A Health Care Defeat Might Help Obama's Reelection Chances By Scott Rasmussen
The politics of President Obama’s health care law have been fascinating from the start. Hailed as fulfillment of a popular campaign promise when introduced, the law proved to be a major drag on Democrats in the 2010 election. An issue on which Democrats once overwhelmingly trusted Democrats over Republicans has become a toss-up between the parties as 2011 approaches.
December 16, 2010
Most Americans Balk at Federal Control of Public School Nutrition
This past week, President Obama signed into law a measure that, for the first time, gives the federal government the authority to regulate all foods at schools, including what's in vending machines. But most Americans would rather see that authority in someone else's hands.
December 16, 2010
So You Thought Health Care Was Fixed ...By Froma Harrop
So you thought health care was fixed. Well, maybe not "fixed," but you assumed that the new law had put us on the path to solving one of America's most pressing problems -- spiraling health care costs amid surging numbers of uninsured citizens.
December 16, 2010
Larding the Path to Economic Recovery By Debra J. Saunders
When former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich proclaims a measure to be "good for the country," that usually means it's good for Gingrich. When President Obama tells the media that his $858 billion compromise tax package is the fruit of negotiations with GOP "hostage-takers," you have to wonder if he even wants it to pass.
December 16, 2010
Most Voters Aren’t Happy With Level of Cooperation Between Obama, GOP
Even as support for the tax cut deal worked out by President Obama and senior congressional Republicans is falling, many Americans feel the two sides aren’t working hard enough to get along.
December 16, 2010
The GOP Strategic Advantage By Bill Connelly
The measures of Republican success in the 2010 midterm are familiar. The GOP gained: (1) a House majority, with a net pickup of 63 seats, (2) six Senate seats leaving Democrats facing a more challenging Senate playing field in 2012 and 2014, (3) seven governorships, and (4) twenty legislative chambers, giving Republicans control of both legislative chambers in 25 states—an increase of 11. Republicans now control more state legislative seats than any time since 1928.
December 15, 2010
23% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Just 26% of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, December 5. That’s down three points from last week and back to the level found the week following the midterm elections.
December 15, 2010
29% Expect U.S.-Israeli Relations To Worsen
A sizable number of U.S. voters continue to believe that relations between Israel and the United States will worsen in the year ahead.
December 15, 2010
Voters Trust GOP More on Seven of 10 Key Issues
Voters still trust Republicans more than Democrats on seven out of the 10 most important issues regularly surveyed by Rasmussen Reports.
December 15, 2010
Support for Tax Cut Deal Down
Most voters still approve of the tax cutting deal between President Obama and senior congressional Republicans, but support has fallen somewhat – in some surprising places.
December 15, 2010
Real Academic Accountability Requires Real Choices By Howard Rich
With fresh data showing that students in the United States are falling further behind their international peers, a commitment to universal parental choice at all levels of government is needed now more than ever.
December 15, 2010
"Jackals Snarling Over a Dried Well" By Tony Blankley
In the spirit of the Christmas season, let me highlight from last week's confusing Washington rhetoric a statement by the president that was shrewd -- even wise. On behalf of the spirit of compromise, he pointed out that even though, under the original constitutional compromise, he (implicitly, as a black man) "could not have walked through the front door" -- it was worth it because otherwise we would not have gained a union.
December 15, 2010
Holbrooke's Blessing By Susan Estrich
Richard Holbrooke was a legend, the high priest of what we used to call the "priesthood" (even though they finally did let Madeleine in), the foreign policy elite that played musical chairs whenever a Democrat was running for or elected to the presidency. Arrogant? You bet. Frustrated with those who didn't get it, wouldn't do it, didn't push themselves as hard as he did? Absolutely.
December 15, 2010
Most Voters Worry That Closing Guantanamo Will Set Dangerous Terrorists Free
Voters are more concerned than ever that the ongoing Obama administration effort to close the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba will allow dangerous terrorists to go free.
December 14, 2010
Americans Have Mixed Feelings on Whether Holidays Are Joyous or Stressful
The holiday season is meant to be joyful and uplifting, but Americans aren’t as enthusiastic this year as they have been in the past.
December 14, 2010
More Americans Plan on Giving to Charity This Year
Americans appear to be in a more charitable mood this holiday season than they were last year.
December 14, 2010
Voters Favor Military Tribunals, Keeping Terror Suspects Outside U.S.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is urging Congress not to pass pending legislation that would ban the transfer of terrorism suspects from the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba to the United States for any reason. The Obama administration plans to try some of those suspects in U.S. courts.
