61% Say Government Should Keep Out of Housing Market
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Americans say it is better for the economy for the government to stay out of the housing market.
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February 18, 2010
February 18, 2010
Indiana Senate: Hill, Ellsworth Trail Three Main GOP Hopefuls
As expected with incumbent Senator Evan Bayh’s surprise announcement this week that he will not seek reelection, Indiana’s U.S. Senate race is wide open. The three leading Republican contenders all post leads for now over the two most prominently mentioned Democratic hopefuls, but it’s not even clear if those Democrats are in the race.
February 18, 2010
The GOP's Mixed Medicare Message By Joe Conason
For voters listening to the Republican leadership over the past year, the most startling surprise was the shift in their attitude toward Medicare. Where faithfulness to true conservatism was once measured by fierce hostility to the popular insurance program for the elderly, as articulated by Ronald Reagan at the birth of Medicare in 1965, today the Republicans claim to be its staunchest defenders.
February 18, 2010
The Winter of Global Warming By Debra J. Saunders
The last few months have been cruel and wintry for global-warming true believers. The long storm began in November, when a leak of e-mails from Britain's University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit revealed that key global-warming scientists tried to stifle dissent and politicize peer review, which led to revelations that the researchers had dumped much of the raw data used to bolster the alarmist argument.
February 18, 2010
Republican Talk of the 'Sensible Middle' Makes No Sense By Froma Harrop
We keep hearing that "Obama should move to the center." A variation on this theme is that the president should find the "sensible middle" on policy.
February 18, 2010
Only 21% Say U.S. Government Has Consent of the Governed
The founding document of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, states that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Today, however, just 21% of voters nationwide believe that the federal government enjoys the consent of the governed.
February 17, 2010
34% Favor Raising Taxes On Those Making More Than $100,000
Despite his campaign promise that taxes would not be raised on anyone making less than $250,000 a year, President Obama now says he may have to reconsider in order to help reduce the country’s record budget deficit.
February 17, 2010
28% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
Just 28% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. This marks the lowest level of voter confidence in the nation’s current course since one year ago and appears to signal the end of a slight burst of confidence at the first of this year.
February 17, 2010
35% Say Stimulus Has Helped Economy, 33% Say It Has Hurt
President Obama today declared that the $787-billion economic stimulus plan he signed into law one year ago saved the country from a second Depression, but voters aren’t quite so sure.
February 17, 2010
Oregon Senate: Wyden 49%, Huffman 35%
Another “safe” Democratic senator may not be quite as safe as he thought.
February 17, 2010
Voters Think Democrats More Likely To Have A Plan for the Future
The first President Bush called it “the vision thing,” and voters are more confident that the Democratic Party has it than do Republicans. They also see Democrats as more ideological than the GOP these days.
February 17, 2010
Tea Party Optimism vs. the Gold Rally By Lawrence Kudlow
Money and politics is about my favorite topic (apart from spiritual faith, of course). And we had plenty of both in the last day or two.
February 17, 2010
Most Think Half-A-Loaf In Taxes Is Enough
Most Americans favor a law that would limit the amount of taxes paid to state, local and federal governments so that no one would pay more than 50% of their total income in taxes.
February 16, 2010
58% Say New Tax Money More Likely To Go To New Programs Than To Deficit Reduction
President Obama may have to go back on his campaign promise against raising taxes on Americans making less than $250,000 a year in order to reduce the country’s record budget deficit.
February 16, 2010
29% Say U.S. Should Go It Alone Against Iran
With China still blocking UN efforts to impose meaningful sanctions on Iran, 29% of U.S. voters now think the United States should take action alone against the rogue Islamic nation.
February 16, 2010
The Coolness of Old Florida By Froma Harrop
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent dig that Florida is "for the old people" cut locals here to the quick.
February 16, 2010
Republicans Lead Democrats by Nine in Generic Ballot
Republican candidates lead Democrats by nine points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
February 16, 2010
43% Say Local Government Better Than Feds, States
Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters rate the performance of their local government as tops compared to its counterparts on the state and federal level.
February 16, 2010
47% Blame Global Warming on Planetary Trends
Questions continue to mount over the science behind years of studies that say humans are chiefly to blame for global warming. But reflecting a trend that has been going on for more than a year, just 35% of U.S. voters now believe global warming is caused primarily by human activity.
February 16, 2010
California Governor: Brown 43%, Whitman 43%
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman now runs dead even with likely Democratic nominee Jerry Brown in California’s gubernatorial contest.
