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December 31, 2009

Market-Based Variables Point to a Mini Boom in 2010 By Lawrence Kudlow

Despite the historic expansion of the federal government’s involvement in, intervention in, and control of the economy — including Bailout Nation; takeovers of banks, car companies, insurance firms, Fannie, Freddie, AIG, GM, Chrysler, and GMAC; large-scale tax threats; overregulation; an attempted takeover of the health-care sector; ultra-easy money; a declining dollar; and unprecedented spending and debt creation — despite all the things that would be expected to destroy the economy — all this socialism lite and the degrading of incentives and rewards for success — despite all this, the U.S. economy has not been destroyed.

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December 30, 2009

Just 29% Still Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Just 29% of U.S. voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, the lowest level measured since early February, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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December 30, 2009

Confidence in War in Afghanistan Down Again

Following President Obama's speech outlining his new strategy, there was a bounce in optimism about the war in Afghanistan. But the bounce has ended and confidence has fallen again. Confidence has also fallen in the broader War on Terror.

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December 30, 2009

Voter Attitudes Towards Health Care Plan Harden - 58% Opposed

Many have questioned whether those who favor or oppose the health care plan in Congress really know what’s in it. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey suggests that they have a decent understanding of the bill and that voter attitudes towards the legislation have hardened.

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December 30, 2009

“Plato O Plomo” – Washington’s Gangster Way By Howard Rich

During the 1980’s, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar built a global cocaine cartel of unrivaled power and influence based on a simple philosophy, Plato O Plomo.

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December 30, 2009

Plane Attack Spooks Public Confidence in War on Terror

Belief that the bad guys are winning the War on Terror is now at its highest level in over two years, and nearly half of U.S. voters say America is not safer than it was before 9/11.

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December 30, 2009

Fear of Flying By Susan Estrich

Now is the time for those of us on vacation to start talking ourselves back onto the planes we have to board to get home. Here I am in paradise -- actually, the Grand Wailea in Maui, which looks like paradise to me -- and around the pool and on the beaches, almost everyone is squinting into BlackBerries and iPhones trying to figure out exactly what is going wrong in the rest of the world.

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December 30, 2009

78% Believe Health Care Plan Will Cost More Than Projected

Seventy-eight percent (78%) of voters nationwide say it’s at least somewhat likely that the health care reform legislation working its way through Congress will cost more than projected. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 14% believe the costs are not likely to exceed projections.

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December 30, 2009

Afghan War Policy Fractured By Tony Blankley

Franklin Roosevelt was famous for being able to give people on all sides of a policy dispute the impression that he supported each person's position. Such artfulness helped him manage domestic politics for 12 years in the presidency. Similarly, President Obama wrote in his book "The Audacity of Hope" that "I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views. As such, I am bound to disappoint some, if not all, of them."

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December 29, 2009

GOP Lead Slips to Five on Generic Ballot

Republican candidates now lead Democrats by five points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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December 29, 2009

Health Care Vote Puts Nelson 30 Points Down in Reelection Bid

The good news for Senator Ben Nelson is that he doesn’t have to face Nebraska voters until 2012.

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December 29, 2009

74% Say Congress’ Current Work Will Have ‘Significant’ Impact

Voters feel far more strongly than they have in over two years that legislation currently being debated in Congress would have a significant impact on their lives, and they’re well aware of which party is in charge.

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December 29, 2009

We'd Be Happy to Do This 'Strip Tease' By Froma Harrop

U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz proudly championed a measure last spring that bans whole-body imaging as a primary screening technique at airports. "You don't have to look at my wife and 8-year-old daughter naked to secure an airplane," the Utah Republican said.

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December 29, 2009

Economy, Government Ethics Tops on Voters’ Minds

After being knocked out of first place last month for the first time in nearly two years, the economy is back as the issue voters view as most important.

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December 29, 2009

Warning, Satire Alert: Liberal Take on Terror! By Debra J. Saunders

Gosh darn, I feel great to live in a country that gives full constitutional rights to a foreign national who, on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, was tackled by passengers and crew as he reportedly was trying to blow up the plane.

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December 28, 2009

Small Business Confidence Steady in December

Economic confidence among America's small business owners was steady in December as fewer of them believed the U.S. economy was getting worse compared to November, and more saw conditions for their own businesses getting better in the next six months, according to the Discover Small Business Watch. The Watch index improved slightly in December to 77.0 from 76.5 in November.

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December 28, 2009

46% Say Airport Security Procedures Not Strict Enough

Following the failed terrorist attempt to blow up an airliner landing in Detroit on Christmas Day, Americans are a lot less critical of airport security procedures.

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December 28, 2009

Two Economies: Government Workers Optimistic, Private Sector Not

Government employees are much more bullish about the economy than those who work in the private sector. That’s a big change from the beginning of the year when those on the public payroll were a bit more pessimistic than private sector workers.

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December 28, 2009

79% Say Another Terror Attack Likely Within Year

A Nigerian Muslim’s attempt to blow up an airliner landing in Detroit on Christmas Day has Americans much more concerned about the dangers of another terrorist attack.

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December 28, 2009

Expectations Soar for Passage of Health Care Plan, But Most Still Oppose It

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters nationwide now expect that health care reform legislation will pass this year. That’s up from 49% before the Senate passed its version of the legislation on Christmas Eve - and by far the highest level of expectation yet measured.

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