President Obama has appointed three new doves to the Federal Reserve Board, thereby taking command of the nation's central bank. But there's a split developing inside the Federal Reserve System: The Reserve Bank presidents, appointed by their own district boards of directors, are increasingly likely to wage a battle royale against the central-bank headquarters in Washington and its free-money, ultra-easy policies.
Only 18% of Americans are willing to pay higher taxes to lower the federal budget deficit, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies, has become my go-to guy for good-government issues. His wife, Joan, he recently confided, calls him "the Sisyphus of reform."
Ford’s the favorite among the state’s Big Three automakers as far as Michigan voters are concerned, while Chrysler’s the one they think is most likely to bite the dust.
Arizona’s unhappiness with the federal government’s continuing failure to secure the border with Mexico finally prompted the state to pass a bill authorizing local police to enforce federal immigration law.
In April, the number of adults not affiliated with either major party increased by 1.6 percentage points, while the number identifying themselves as Republicans decreased 1.3 percentage points. This marks the lowest level for Republicans since July 2008. The number of Democrats remained relatively constant, compared to last month.
Two Chicago lawmakers have urged Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to send in National Guard units to help fight the growing level of violence in the city.
Whether it’s the South Beach Diet, Weight Watchers or just self-discipline, the options for dieting are almost endless. According to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, 58% of American adults have at some point in their life been on a diet to lose weight, and 35% of that group are still on one.
Civil rights concerns raised by Arizona’s recently passed immigration law are a hot topic in the news, but 71% of U.S. voters continue to believe American society is generally fair and decent, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twenty-one percent (21%) feel American society is unfair and discriminatory.
The U.S. Senate race in Delaware is virtually unchanged over the past two months, with Republican Mike Castle continuing to draw strong support from the state’s voters.
Most U.S. voters favor a new government program designed to create jobs but still think ultimately tax cuts and decisions by private business leaders will do more good in terms of job creation.
Voter support for both major party candidates for governor of Illinois remains basically unchanged since the contest began.
For months now, this election has been compared to that of 1994, when Republicans scored huge gains and won both houses of Congress. It is a decent model. But given the recent passage of health care reform – something that did not happen in ’94 – this might be a good occasion to look at another midterm election for instruction, that of 1966.
Let me lead with what should be an unremarkable observation: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer did not write federal immigration laws that require permanent residents to carry green cards, employers to check documentation or limits on the number of legal immigrants admitted each year. Washington did.
Republican Congressman Mark Kirk has earned a modest pick-up in support, while his Democratic opponent, Alexi Giannoulias, appears stalled in the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state following the government's seizure of the failed Broadway Bank, the institution owned by Giannoulias' family.
Although most Americans still feel a home is a family's best investment, a majority continue to say it's not a good time to sell one.
Thirty-two percent (32%) of National Basketball Association fans say the Cleveland Cavaliers will win the NBA Championship this year.
Democratic hopeful Rory Reid still can’t raise his level of support out of the 30s in Nevada’s race for governor unless he’s pitted against the state’s unpopular Republican chief executive Jim Gibbons.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s support remains frozen again this month around 40%, while two of his chief Republican opponents continue to draw over 50% of the vote in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race.
