The Senate leadership's decision to include the "public option" in its health care reform legislation seemed at first almost miraculous, especially to anyone who believed the hundreds of obituaries recited in the media over the past several months. But by acting on their convictions rather than their fears, the Democrats could ultimately find that the politics of consumer choice can be turned to their advantage for years to come.
Congress has a full plate these days dealing with health care reform, climate change and other matters, but most voters don't see eye-to-eye with their legislators when it comes to the importance of those issues.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Americans say they eat dinner with family members at least twice a week, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Exactly who made Bernadine Shimon think that she could buy a new house shortly after declaring bankruptcy and losing another home to foreclosure? The American taxpayer, that's who.
Just one-in-three (33%) voters say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Americans are clearly more concerned about the severity of the flu season this year.
The Obama Administration and senior congressional Democrats hope to exercise more government control over big banks to keep them from failing, but voters don’t seem too sympathetic right now.
Republican Robert F. McDonnell has now opened a 13-point lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds with less than a week to go in the race for governor of Virginia.
A growing percentage of those Americans who oppose President Barack Obama believe the president is testing the envelope of acceptable domestic, constitutional and foreign policies. Staggering deficits measured in the trillions, unemployment measured almost in double digits and a weakening dollar measured in ever fewer ounces of gold are creating an economic crisis that is testing America's historic optimism and faith in a brighter future.
Forty-seven percent (47%) of baseball fans expect the New York Yankees to win their 27th World Series title this year.
My internist told me he is now using the technique he learned many decades ago in the military, when supplies of vaccine were short and they had to split doses. I wouldn't even think of asking. But I did ask my rheumatologist, since rheumatoid arthritis is one of those things that makes getting the flu worse. He would have been happy to give me a flu shot -- I'm talking regular flu here, not the swine kind -- but he was out.
Republican congressional candidates remain ahead of Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Most voters trust themselves more than either Congress or President Obama when it comes to the economy, but they have way more confidence in themselves when it comes to the news media.
President Obama may have declared swine flu a national emergency, but the number of Americans who plan to get a flu shot is virtually unchanged from a year ago.
The Supreme Court started a new session earlier this month with newly confirmed Justice Sonia Sotomayor and a full docket of cases ranging from gun control to sentencing for juvenile offenders.
The public option, we hear, is about to take earthly form. While congressional leaders working to combine five health care reform bills will determine its final shape, a government-run health plan to compete with the private offerings will almost surely become reality. And the specter of a populist uprising against it will haunt centrist Democrats no more.
With just a week to go in New Jersey’s closely contested race for governor, Republican Chris Christie holds a three-point advantage over incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine.
Mayor Gavin Newsom's office has argued that San Francisco's "sanctuary city" policy protects undocumented immigrants who are otherwise law-abiding residents.
Many schools are replacing the word "Halloween" with “Fall Festival” because of negative connotations some see in the long-standing holiday name. But a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 66% of adults do not think it’s a good idea to change the name.
With terrorist attacks an almost a daily occurrence in Pakistan as troops there fight a widening Taliban front, 42% of likely voters believe it would be impossible for the United States to win the war in Afghanistan if Pakistan remains unstable.
