68% Favor Offshore Oil Drilling
Voter support for offshore oil drilling remains as strong as it was during last year’s presidential election, but many also continue to believe individual states should be able to stop it off their own coastlines.
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December 16, 2009
December 16, 2009
24% Favor National Sales Tax, 65% Oppose
The New York Times reports that “economists across the political spectrum say a consumption tax may be inevitable once the economy fully recovers.”
December 16, 2009
Insanity, Defined By Howard Rich
One of the oldest clichés in the book defines insanity as doing the same thing “over and over again” and expecting a different result.
December 16, 2009
30% Still Say U.S. Moving In Right Direction
Just 30% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national survey. This is the third straight week in a row at 30%, the lowest finding on this question since mid-February.
December 16, 2009
2010 Florida Governor: McCollum 44%, Sink 39%
Florida’s 2010 race for governor is looking a little more competitive.
December 16, 2009
Three Undemocratic Temptations By Tony Blankley
As the Democrats in Congress approach the end of a frustrating first year's legislative effort, their leaders and the White House are being tempted by three possible shortcuts around the regular lawmaking process.
December 16, 2009
What Will Democrats Do? By Susan Estrich
Whatever it takes.
Whatever Joe wants.
That's the short answer to what the Democrats will do to get health care reform passed. If Joe Lieberman doesn't want 55-year-olds to buy into Medicare, they won't. Poof. Gone.
December 15, 2009
2010 Florida GOP Senate Primary: Crist 43%, Rubio 43%
Governor Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio are now tied in the 2010 race for the Republican Senate nomination in Florida.
December 15, 2009
Generic Ballot: Republicans 44% Democrats 37%
Republican candidates have bounced back to a seven-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
December 15, 2009
59% Say Average Government Worker Earns More Than Average Taxpayer
Compared to the average government worker, most Americans think they work harder, have less job security and make less money.
December 15, 2009
52% Oppose Further Regulation of U.S. Financial System
Americans remain opposed to further government regulation of the U.S. financial system, even as President Obama and congressional Democrats move closer to passage of legislation that will give the government more oversight than ever.
December 15, 2009
Sin Taxes Are a Shame By Froma Harrop
Sly industry-sponsored ads in which ordinary Americans worry about some scheme in Congress generally irritate me. A grunt greeted the TV spot you've no doubt seen: A woman unloading groceries frets over a proposed "tax on juice, milk and soda" as Americans like her count every penny.
December 15, 2009
48% Concerned About Toy Safety This Holiday Season
Forty-eight percent (48%) of Americans say they are at least somewhat concerned about the safety of toys being sold this holiday season, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twenty-three percent (23%) are very concerned.
December 15, 2009
Electoral Dysfunction from Barbara Boxer By Debra J. Saunders
The U.S. Senate defeated an amendment last week to restrict taxpayer funding of abortions under Obamacare. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., voted against the measure, arguing that it would require women to buy special riders to purchase abortion coverage.
December 14, 2009
50% Agree Afghanistan Is A 'Just' War
Fifty percent (50%) of U.S. voters agree with President Obama that Afghanistan is a "just" war.
December 14, 2009
60% Have Started Holiday Shopping, 21% Are Done
With less than two weeks to go before Christmas Day, 60% of Americans have at least started their holiday shopping, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
December 14, 2009
62% Think Afghanistan Will Be A Harder Fight Than Iraq
Sixty-two percent (62%) of U.S. voters think it will be harder for America to make progress in Afghanistan than it was in Iraq.
December 14, 2009
40% Support Health Care Plan, 56% Oppose It
Fifty-six percent (56%) of U.S. voters now oppose the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the highest level of opposition found - reached three times before - in six months of polling.
December 14, 2009
2010 Colorado Governor: McInnis 48%, Ritter 40%
Like many Democrats nationwide these days, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter who was easily elected in 2006 finds himself trailing his chief Republican opponent in a potential 2010 match-up.
December 14, 2009
2010 Pennsylvania Governor: GOP Has Early Edge But Race Wide-Open
The candidate with the best statewide name recognition is in front, but with no one earning over 50% of the vote, Pennsylvania’s 2010 governor’s race is shaping up for now as wide open.
