40% Say Cutting Deficit Is Top Priority
Only 20% of U.S. voters now say health care reform is the most important of the four budget priorities President Obama laid out early in his presidency, down four points from the end of May.
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August 20, 2009
August 20, 2009
Middle-aged Rant By Debra J. Saunders
At a recent Colorado town hall, University of Colorado at Boulder student Zach Lahn asked President Obama how private insurers could be expected to compete with a public health care plan.
August 20, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Jobs
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Thursday focuses on creating jobs in the United States.
August 20, 2009
Obama's Enforcer: Not Really Tough Enough By Joe Conason
If the Democrats fail to pass real changes in the health care system this year -- rather than a sham that mimics and mocks reform -- they will have nobody to blame but themselves.
August 20, 2009
54% Fear Government Will Do Too Much To Fix Economy
Fifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters worry more that the federal government will try to do too much to fix the economy rather than not enough.
August 20, 2009
Democrats Must Fix Health Care Alone By Froma Harrop
Early on as New York mayor, Ed Koch went to battle against entrenched interests that were bankrupting the city.
August 19, 2009
2010 Florida Senate: Crist 48%, Meek, 29%
Republican Governor Charlie Crist continues to maintain a sizable lead over his chief Democratic opponent, Rep. Kendrick Meek, in Florida’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate.
August 19, 2009
34% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Just one-third (34%) of likely U.S. voters believe the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 19, 2009
Health Care Rises In Importance But More for Democrats Than Others
More voters than ever rate health care as a very important issue, but the difference in partisan emphasis helps to explain the big Democratic push for health care reform in Washington.
August 19, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Social Security
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday focuses on social security.
August 19, 2009
Without Public Option, Enthusiasm for Health Care Reform, Especially Among Democrats, Collapses
Just 34% of voters nationwide support the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats if the so-called “public option” is removed. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 57% oppose the plan if it doesn't include a government-run health insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
August 19, 2009
The Prince By Susan Estrich
I discovered Bob Novak when I was in college. My political science teacher assigned us Rowland Evans and Robert Novak's classic tomes: "Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power" (1966) and "Nixon in the White House: The Frustration of Power" (1971).
August 19, 2009
2010 Florida GOP Primary: Crist 53%, Rubio 31%
Conservative Republicans in Florida may be rumbling about Charlie Crist’s run for the U.S. Senate, but so far the governor is well ahead of his chief 2010 GOP Primary challenger.
August 19, 2009
Finally, Change We Can Believe In By Tony Blankley
Those of us who are self-appointed advocates -- who expend our efforts trying to persuade a few more people to our political point of view -- must sit back in slack-jawed wonder when the great American public makes one of its great roars, as we all have been hearing in town hall meetings across the country.
August 18, 2009
Bob Novak, R.I.P. By Lawrence Kudlow
Now we say good-bye to Robert Novak, who passed away early Tuesday morning at the age of 78. Yet another conservative icon has left us. He was a good friend, and an amazing reporter.
August 18, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Credit Card Fraud
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on credit card fraud.
August 18, 2009
Republicans Now Ahead By Five on Generic Ballot
Republican candidates have now matched their biggest lead over Democrats of the past several years on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
August 18, 2009
46% Say Colleges Don’t Monitor Student Behavior Enough
The plurality of American adults (46%) believes colleges and universities do not do enough to monitor students’ behavior, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 18, 2009
39% Blame Obama Policies for Bad Economy
Public criticism of President Obama’s health care reform plan and other actions may be growing, but most U.S. voters continue to blame the country’s economic problems on the recession that began under his predecessor, George W. Bush.
August 18, 2009
33% Expect U.S. Troops To Be Out of Afghanistan By 2013
President Obama on Monday declared U.S. military action in Afghanistan as a “war of necessity,” and just 33% of voters believe it is even somewhat likely that U.S. combat troops will be removed from that country by the end of the president’s first term. Only eight percent (8%) say it is very likely.
