(CNN) – A new national poll indicates that nearly three out of four Americans are scared about the way things are going in the country today.
Seventy-three percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday say they're very or somewhat scared about the way things are going in the United States. That's six points higher than in an October poll.
Nearly eight in 10 say things are going badly in the country, with just 21 percent suggesting that things are going well. The survey also says that three out of four Americans are angry about the way things are going in the country. But three out of four questioned say that things are going well for them personally.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Rasmussen poll: Obama's rating under 60% for 4th day,46% say Obama should address Economy more Optimistic
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 38% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Twenty-seven percent (27%) Strongly Disapprove.
These results come as consumer and investor confidence fell to new record lows again today. Over the past month, assessments of current economic conditions have remained fairly stable while expectations for the future have fallen. Seventy-five percent (75%) oppose the nationalization of banks.
Overall, 58% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance so far while 40% disapprove. Over the past four days, the overall approval rating has been slightly below the 60% level.
Former President Clinton last week gave fellow Democrat Barack Obama top marks for his handling of the economy but said the new chief executive needs to be more optimistic when talking publicly about economic issues. Forty-six percent (46%) of U.S. voters agree, saying President Obama should speak more positively about the economy.
The $787-billion stimulus plan subsequently passed both the House and Senate but only received three Republican votes. Just 38% of voters think the plan will help the U.S. economy, while 29% think it will hurt.
These results come as consumer and investor confidence fell to new record lows again today. Over the past month, assessments of current economic conditions have remained fairly stable while expectations for the future have fallen. Seventy-five percent (75%) oppose the nationalization of banks.
Overall, 58% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance so far while 40% disapprove. Over the past four days, the overall approval rating has been slightly below the 60% level.
Former President Clinton last week gave fellow Democrat Barack Obama top marks for his handling of the economy but said the new chief executive needs to be more optimistic when talking publicly about economic issues. Forty-six percent (46%) of U.S. voters agree, saying President Obama should speak more positively about the economy.
The $787-billion stimulus plan subsequently passed both the House and Senate but only received three Republican votes. Just 38% of voters think the plan will help the U.S. economy, while 29% think it will hurt.
Bobby Jindal Explains Why He Would Turn Down Stimulus Money
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
LEADERSHIP:Bobby Jindal refuses Obama’s payout for Louisiana
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has announced that he will decline stimulus money specifically targeted at expanding state unemployment insurance coverage, becoming the first state executive to officially refuse any part of the federal government’s payout to states.
In a statement, Jindal, who is slated to give the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s message to Congress on Tuesday, expressed concern that expanding unemployment insurance coverage would lead to increased unemployment insurance taxes later on, Politico.com reported.
“The federal money in this bill will run out in less than three years for this benefit and our businesses would then be stuck paying the bill,” Jindal said.
“We must be careful and thoughtful as we examine all the strings attached to the funding in this package. We cannot grow Government in an unsustainable way.”
Jindal is one of a small group of Republican governors, which includes South Carolina’s Mark Sanford and Mississippi’s Haley Barbour, who have said they might refuse some or all of the stimulus money targeted to their states.
In a statement, Jindal, who is slated to give the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s message to Congress on Tuesday, expressed concern that expanding unemployment insurance coverage would lead to increased unemployment insurance taxes later on, Politico.com reported.
“The federal money in this bill will run out in less than three years for this benefit and our businesses would then be stuck paying the bill,” Jindal said.
“We must be careful and thoughtful as we examine all the strings attached to the funding in this package. We cannot grow Government in an unsustainable way.”
Jindal is one of a small group of Republican governors, which includes South Carolina’s Mark Sanford and Mississippi’s Haley Barbour, who have said they might refuse some or all of the stimulus money targeted to their states.
Obama's rating falls under 60%
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 38% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Twenty-seven percent (27%) Strongly Disapprove to give Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +11.
Overall, 58% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance so far while 41% disapprove. For most of his time in office, the President’s overall approval rating has stayed between 60% and 62%. Over the past three days, it has been slightly below the 60% level. It remains to be seen whether this modest decline represents lasting change or is merely statistical noise.
Overall, 58% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance so far while 41% disapprove. For most of his time in office, the President’s overall approval rating has stayed between 60% and 62%. Over the past three days, it has been slightly below the 60% level. It remains to be seen whether this modest decline represents lasting change or is merely statistical noise.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Rasmussenpoll:America's best days are ahead of us or past?
U.S. voters are a little more pessimistic about the days to come this month. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 39% of voters believe America’s best days are in the future, while 40% say they are in the past.
The number of people who say the nation’s best days lie ahead is the lowest found since July 4 of last year and is down from 48% just before Barack Obama’s inauguration a month ago. Last month, 35% of voters said the nation’s best days had come and gone.
More than one in five voters (21%) are undecided, up from 17% last month and 16% in December.
Men are more evenly divided on the question, with 43% who say the best days are still to come and 40% who say the opposite. Among women, 41% believe America’s best days have come and gone, while 35% say they are still ahead.
Given the current political landscape, it's no surprise that most Republicans (55%) say the nation’s best days are in the past, while most Democrats (51%) say they are still to come. The plurality (45%) of unaffiliated voters thinks America’s best days have already past.
Government workers say the best days are ahead 56% to 33%, while those who work for private companies take the opposing view, 47% to 32%
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The number of people who say the nation’s best days lie ahead is the lowest found since July 4 of last year and is down from 48% just before Barack Obama’s inauguration a month ago. Last month, 35% of voters said the nation’s best days had come and gone.
More than one in five voters (21%) are undecided, up from 17% last month and 16% in December.
Men are more evenly divided on the question, with 43% who say the best days are still to come and 40% who say the opposite. Among women, 41% believe America’s best days have come and gone, while 35% say they are still ahead.
Given the current political landscape, it's no surprise that most Republicans (55%) say the nation’s best days are in the past, while most Democrats (51%) say they are still to come. The plurality (45%) of unaffiliated voters thinks America’s best days have already past.
Government workers say the best days are ahead 56% to 33%, while those who work for private companies take the opposing view, 47% to 32%
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Palin on the Stimulus: Veto the Bill...
Governor Palin shares her thoughts on the stimulus bill and more
Monday, February 16, 2009
Change! Liberals not pleased with go-slow approach by Obama
(LAT).Slowly over the last few weeks, some of Barack Obama's most fervent supporters have come to an unhappy realization: The candidate who they thought was squarely on their side in policy fights is now a president who needs cajoling and persuading.
Advocates for stem cell research thought Obama would quickly sign an order to reverse former President Bush's restrictions on the science. Now they are fretting over Obama's statement that he wants to act in tandem with Congress, possibly causing a delay.
But Obama, in announcing his own faith-based program this month, said only that the discrimination issue might be reviewed.
And Obama's recent moves regarding a lawsuit by detainees have left some liberal groups and Bush critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, feeling betrayed, given that Obama was a harsh critic of Bush's detainee policies when running for office last year.
The anxiety is also being felt in the labor movement, one of Obama's most important support bases. Some union officials and their allies are frustrated that at a crucial point in negotiations over his massive stimulus package, Obama seemed to call for limits on "Buy American" provisions in the bill aimed at making sure stimulus money would be spent on U.S.-made materials.
Obama has been president for less than a month, and his liberal critics concede that the economic crisis has understandably taken the focus off their issues. But some of the issues in play were crucial to building excitement on the left and mobilizing grass-roots support for Obama's candidacy.
"He made very clear promises, and he should live up to them," said Arthur Stamoulis, director of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, which received an unqualified "yes" from Obama on a campaign questionnaire last year when the group asked if he would support "Buy American" requirements. "The fact that he's hedging on this is not promising. He's catering much too much to the desires of Republicans who are not going to support the change that voters wanted."
Advocates for stem cell research thought Obama would quickly sign an order to reverse former President Bush's restrictions on the science. Now they are fretting over Obama's statement that he wants to act in tandem with Congress, possibly causing a delay.
But Obama, in announcing his own faith-based program this month, said only that the discrimination issue might be reviewed.
And Obama's recent moves regarding a lawsuit by detainees have left some liberal groups and Bush critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, feeling betrayed, given that Obama was a harsh critic of Bush's detainee policies when running for office last year.
The anxiety is also being felt in the labor movement, one of Obama's most important support bases. Some union officials and their allies are frustrated that at a crucial point in negotiations over his massive stimulus package, Obama seemed to call for limits on "Buy American" provisions in the bill aimed at making sure stimulus money would be spent on U.S.-made materials.
Obama has been president for less than a month, and his liberal critics concede that the economic crisis has understandably taken the focus off their issues. But some of the issues in play were crucial to building excitement on the left and mobilizing grass-roots support for Obama's candidacy.
"He made very clear promises, and he should live up to them," said Arthur Stamoulis, director of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, which received an unqualified "yes" from Obama on a campaign questionnaire last year when the group asked if he would support "Buy American" requirements. "The fact that he's hedging on this is not promising. He's catering much too much to the desires of Republicans who are not going to support the change that voters wanted."
Rasmussen:Obama slips 7% in opinion polls in 4 days
While the number of Americans who approve of Barack Obama’s job performance remains steady and high, the number who Strongly Approve has slipped. Following Congressional passage of the stimulus bill, consumer confidence has fallen to another all-time low.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 36% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Obama is performing his role as President. That’s the lowest total of strong support yet measured for the President, on Feb. 12 Obama's strongly approve rating was 43%.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 36% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Obama is performing his role as President. That’s the lowest total of strong support yet measured for the President, on Feb. 12 Obama's strongly approve rating was 43%.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Where's the President Obama who promised to unite us?
(nydailynews).Before it gets lost in the mists of time, here's a fact worth recalling. Prior to President Obama's inauguration, his team had big dreams about the stimulus bill. As Politico.com reported early last month, "Obama aides have said they want to get 80 votes in the Senate to demonstrate bipartisan support and so that Democrats alone cannot be blamed for the breathtaking spending."
That's only six weeks old, but already it feels like ancient history. The hopes of our government uniting to face the staggering financial crisis have been dashed. Instead, we have a deepening mistrust that is so infuriating because it is so ordinary.
With only three Republicans supporting the $800 billion stimulus package, and with its 1,100 pages getting a final vote before they are read, the measure that was supposed to lift the nation has added to the sense of breakdown.
The solution is now part of the problem.
Obama deserves most of the blame. Because he's the President with a mandate and a congressional majority, Republicans would have had to go along - if the President had kept his word to change Washington.
But Obama isn't keeping his word. He is shutting out views that don't match his own, and is back on the campaign trail, as though giving a speech to adoring crowds liberates him from the burdens of the White House. After more than two years of campaigning to get there, one would think he would be ready to govern.
The evidence that he is instead choosing a partisan path and a permanent campaign lies most recently in Sen. Judd Gregg's abrupt withdrawal to be commerce secretary. The New Hampshire Republican's decision to join the administration was hailed as proof of Obama's sincere bipartisan outreach, so Gregg's withdrawal over his unease with Obama's policies must be seen as proof to the contrary.
This is no small moment in the making of an administration. The sense of disappointment in Obama is spreading, as are concerns about the consequences of a bait-and-switch presidency.
The global selloff in stock markets after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner put out a half-baked plan for fixing the financial system is a clear verdict. His arguing that investors missed the point is telling.
Once again, a White House has all the answers and everybody else is wrong. Obama, like his predecessor, doesn't lack for confidence, only for others who share it.
Of course, bipartisanship is no guarantee of good government. It is often just a big word for mutual gluttony, where both Republicans and Democrats lard up legislation with their pet projects.
Nonpartisanship is closer to what we need now. Better yet, simple competence, unencumbered by political posturing and obligations.
That's only six weeks old, but already it feels like ancient history. The hopes of our government uniting to face the staggering financial crisis have been dashed. Instead, we have a deepening mistrust that is so infuriating because it is so ordinary.
With only three Republicans supporting the $800 billion stimulus package, and with its 1,100 pages getting a final vote before they are read, the measure that was supposed to lift the nation has added to the sense of breakdown.
The solution is now part of the problem.
Obama deserves most of the blame. Because he's the President with a mandate and a congressional majority, Republicans would have had to go along - if the President had kept his word to change Washington.
But Obama isn't keeping his word. He is shutting out views that don't match his own, and is back on the campaign trail, as though giving a speech to adoring crowds liberates him from the burdens of the White House. After more than two years of campaigning to get there, one would think he would be ready to govern.
The evidence that he is instead choosing a partisan path and a permanent campaign lies most recently in Sen. Judd Gregg's abrupt withdrawal to be commerce secretary. The New Hampshire Republican's decision to join the administration was hailed as proof of Obama's sincere bipartisan outreach, so Gregg's withdrawal over his unease with Obama's policies must be seen as proof to the contrary.
This is no small moment in the making of an administration. The sense of disappointment in Obama is spreading, as are concerns about the consequences of a bait-and-switch presidency.
The global selloff in stock markets after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner put out a half-baked plan for fixing the financial system is a clear verdict. His arguing that investors missed the point is telling.
Once again, a White House has all the answers and everybody else is wrong. Obama, like his predecessor, doesn't lack for confidence, only for others who share it.
Of course, bipartisanship is no guarantee of good government. It is often just a big word for mutual gluttony, where both Republicans and Democrats lard up legislation with their pet projects.
Nonpartisanship is closer to what we need now. Better yet, simple competence, unencumbered by political posturing and obligations.
Romney: Dems not committed to working with GOP
(Map, News) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney accused Democrats of not working with Republicans despite President Obama's call for bipartisanship.
Romney made the comments in an appearance on a weekly radio program hosted by fellow Republican and former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich on Baltimore radio station WBAL-AM.
Romney said the only way Obama is going to succeed is if he adopts policies that work, and that means including those from the other side of the aisle.
Romney made the comments in an appearance on a weekly radio program hosted by fellow Republican and former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich on Baltimore radio station WBAL-AM.
Romney said the only way Obama is going to succeed is if he adopts policies that work, and that means including those from the other side of the aisle.
Flashback: Obama's Broken Promises
Obama: "Public Will Have 5 Days To Look At Every Bill That Lands On My Desk"
7 Broken Promises:
1. Make Government Open and Transparent
2. Make it "Impossible" for Congressmen to slip in Pork Barrel Projects
3. Meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public (republicans shut out)
4. No more secrecy
5. Public will have 5 days to look at a Bill
6. You'll know what's in it (Republican Senators didnt know)
7. We will put every pork barrel project online
7 Broken Promises:
1. Make Government Open and Transparent
2. Make it "Impossible" for Congressmen to slip in Pork Barrel Projects
3. Meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public (republicans shut out)
4. No more secrecy
5. Public will have 5 days to look at a Bill
6. You'll know what's in it (Republican Senators didnt know)
7. We will put every pork barrel project online
This is happening in Obama's time:55% Say Personal Finances Getting Worse
The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures consumer confidence on a daily basis, fell more than two points on Sunday to 56.5. It is down slightly from a week ago, down four from a month ago, and less than half a point above the all-time low established last Thursday.
Just 15% of consumers say their own personal finances are getting better and 55% say they are getting worse. Overall, 32% rate their own finances as good or excellent. Assessments of the overall economy are even worse.
Just 15% of consumers say their own personal finances are getting better and 55% say they are getting worse. Overall, 32% rate their own finances as good or excellent. Assessments of the overall economy are even worse.
Republican Weekly Address
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) delivered the Republican weekly radio address during which she spoke about the economy and the GOP response to the Congressional passage of the economic stimulus package.
Romney:Stimulate the Economy,not Government
Mitt Romney is showing no sign of leaving the national political stage anytime soon, or dampening speculation that he's lining up a possible second try for president in 2012.
Now comes word that he will headline an event circled on many political calendars -- the National Republican Senatorial Committee's annual fund-raiser.
"Mitt Romney expects to be helping Republicans running for office in the 2010 cycle," Fehrnstrom added.
Now comes word that he will headline an event circled on many political calendars -- the National Republican Senatorial Committee's annual fund-raiser.
"Mitt Romney expects to be helping Republicans running for office in the 2010 cycle," Fehrnstrom added.
Romney will likely match or exceed his schedule last year, when he did events for 33 Republican candidates running for federal office, including five US Senate candidates, Fehrnstrom said.
here is a message from Mitt Romney on his site http://www.freestrongamerica.com/blog/:A few months have passed since the election, and that's enough time to consider the outcome and take stock of our party's future. I want to make clear that I'm optimistic: our ideas are good, and our agenda will make America freer and stronger.And our voice needs to be heard, now more than ever.
This is a time of hardship and uncertainty for millions of Americans. Unfortunately, the new President and the Democratic Congressional majority seem more concerned with stimulating the government than stimulating the economy. They have a lot of campaign rhetoric to make good on and plenty of special interests to pay back.
As the opposition party, we are entirely free to do what is right for the country. There are certain advantages to that kind of freedom, and I suggest we make the most of them.
I know I have been.
Recently, I addressed the House Republican Conference Retreat with my thoughts on how to turn around the economy and get America back on the right track. I also testified before Congress about the importance of making tax cuts the centerpiece of the 2009 economic stimulus package. And with your support, I will continue to fight for the principles in which we both believe.
Will you join me in making the most of this opportunity and making your voice heard? One way to do so is by contributing $10, $25, $50, $100, $250, $500 - or even the maximum $5,000 - to my Free and Strong America PAC. And if you contribute at least $30, we will send you a signed, limited edition "Stimulate the economy, not the government" button. This is the perfect way to show your friends and neighbors where you stand at this critical time for our party and our nation.
This great party of ours has seen setbacks before. They have never defined us. For our party, I believe this will be remembered as the time when we demonstrated the strength of our convictions, when we defended the foundations of America's prosperity, security and liberty. The comeback for our nation and for our party starts with you. I hope I can count on you as an ally in the work ahead.
What Sarah Palin must do next
(Telegraph)....I recently had a conversation with Jim Nuzzo, a Republican strategist and consultant who worked as a senior policy adviser in the first Bush White House. He was the first Republican I came across who was touting Mrs Palin's credentials as a running mate for John McCain.
Mr Nuzzo is a fan of Mrs Palin and genuinely believes she can reinvent herself as the new Margaret Thatcher, or a female Ronald Reagan, depending on your preference. But he thinks she now needs to hunker down and get out of the public eye and prepare for a dramatic and persuasive relaunch in the year before the next election.
Here's what he said when I spoke to him a week ago:
"She needs to be enough in public and elite opinion so she doesn‘t fall off the radar screen entirely but she also has to step back and allow Obama his time on the stage and not get worn out herself, not become a figure that the public gets bored of.
"The second thing is to get together with a number of experts and basically do the heavy lifting of learning all the minutiae of what Washington government is all about, with the idea that she produces a book of her ideas in three years time.
"Most presidential candidates do that. It's critical for her. She has to have a book that says: ‘These are the problems of America and this is how we solve them.' And they have to be intellectually sound enough and deep enough that people will give her a second look, while maintaining her no nonsense personal approach to politics. She has to be slightly off the stage to do that."
Mr Nuzzo is keen to stress that this does not mean Mrs Palin should take tutelage from the wise old McCain campaign sages who filled her head with nonsense during the election campaign. And he stresses that she has been the victim of both sexism and class based prejudice. But he added:
"She's got to be that much smarter and that much more in tune than her rivals. What is clear is that she is very bright and a very quick study. In a short period of time a set of advisers can get her to the stage where she is thinking creatively about the solutions to the nation's problems.
"The McCain campaign came in and treated her like an idiot and demanded that she memorise and regurgitate.
"What she needs are people who recognise that she is a brilliant woman and want to give her understanding, which is completely different from giving her a set of facts. She doesn't need someone who is going to hand her an atlas and say: ‘Memorise every capital city and spit it back at me.' What she needs is someone who is willing to work with her so she develops her own understanding of these things, that it becomes Sarah Palin's ideas, owned by Sarah Palin. It requires someone who respects Sarah Palin's intelligence."
Some of these ideas have already been offered by Newt Gingrich, who told The Hill recently that Mrs Palin could become "very formidable" in the coming years as long as she "seeks out a group of sophisticated policy advisers".
Mr Nuzzo is a fan of Mrs Palin and genuinely believes she can reinvent herself as the new Margaret Thatcher, or a female Ronald Reagan, depending on your preference. But he thinks she now needs to hunker down and get out of the public eye and prepare for a dramatic and persuasive relaunch in the year before the next election.
Here's what he said when I spoke to him a week ago:
"She needs to be enough in public and elite opinion so she doesn‘t fall off the radar screen entirely but she also has to step back and allow Obama his time on the stage and not get worn out herself, not become a figure that the public gets bored of.
"The second thing is to get together with a number of experts and basically do the heavy lifting of learning all the minutiae of what Washington government is all about, with the idea that she produces a book of her ideas in three years time.
"Most presidential candidates do that. It's critical for her. She has to have a book that says: ‘These are the problems of America and this is how we solve them.' And they have to be intellectually sound enough and deep enough that people will give her a second look, while maintaining her no nonsense personal approach to politics. She has to be slightly off the stage to do that."
Mr Nuzzo is keen to stress that this does not mean Mrs Palin should take tutelage from the wise old McCain campaign sages who filled her head with nonsense during the election campaign. And he stresses that she has been the victim of both sexism and class based prejudice. But he added:
"She's got to be that much smarter and that much more in tune than her rivals. What is clear is that she is very bright and a very quick study. In a short period of time a set of advisers can get her to the stage where she is thinking creatively about the solutions to the nation's problems.
"The McCain campaign came in and treated her like an idiot and demanded that she memorise and regurgitate.
"What she needs are people who recognise that she is a brilliant woman and want to give her understanding, which is completely different from giving her a set of facts. She doesn't need someone who is going to hand her an atlas and say: ‘Memorise every capital city and spit it back at me.' What she needs is someone who is willing to work with her so she develops her own understanding of these things, that it becomes Sarah Palin's ideas, owned by Sarah Palin. It requires someone who respects Sarah Palin's intelligence."
Some of these ideas have already been offered by Newt Gingrich, who told The Hill recently that Mrs Palin could become "very formidable" in the coming years as long as she "seeks out a group of sophisticated policy advisers".
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Obama’s news conference - like watching paint dry but 50 million watch
(Csmoniter).No, it wasn’t the most exciting thing you could ever watch.
It wasn’t like a spectacular car chase, or that evolution of dance video, or what’s been called the greatest moment in sporting history (except if you were rooting for the USSR), but it wasn’t supposed to be entertaining.
Still, nearly 50 million people (49.5) tuned in to watch President Obama’s first prime time press conference Monday night on eight networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Univision, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC).
How does this compare to other presidential news conferences? It wasn’t a record breaker.
President Clinton had 64.3 million people watch his first press conference in 1993. And 64.8 million tuned for President George W. Bush’s prime time address following the 9/11 attacks in October 2001.
It wasn’t like a spectacular car chase, or that evolution of dance video, or what’s been called the greatest moment in sporting history (except if you were rooting for the USSR), but it wasn’t supposed to be entertaining.
Still, nearly 50 million people (49.5) tuned in to watch President Obama’s first prime time press conference Monday night on eight networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Univision, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC).
How does this compare to other presidential news conferences? It wasn’t a record breaker.
President Clinton had 64.3 million people watch his first press conference in 1993. And 64.8 million tuned for President George W. Bush’s prime time address following the 9/11 attacks in October 2001.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Rasmussen poll:Support for Stimulus Package Falls to 37%
Support for the economic recovery plan working its way through Congress has fallen again this week. For the first time, a plurality of voters nationwide oppose the $800-billion-plus plan.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 37% favor the legislation, 43% are opposed, and 20% are not sure.
Two weeks ago, 45% supported the plan. Last week, 42% supported it.
Opposition has grown from 34% two weeks ago to 39% last week and 43% today.
Sixty-four percent (64%) of Democrats still support the plan. That figure is down from 74% a week ago. Just 13% of Republicans and 27% of those not affiliated with either major party agree.
Going to the other extreme, 72% of voters oppose a stimulus plan that includes only new government spending without any tax cuts.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 37% favor the legislation, 43% are opposed, and 20% are not sure.
Two weeks ago, 45% supported the plan. Last week, 42% supported it.
Opposition has grown from 34% two weeks ago to 39% last week and 43% today.
Sixty-four percent (64%) of Democrats still support the plan. That figure is down from 74% a week ago. Just 13% of Republicans and 27% of those not affiliated with either major party agree.
Going to the other extreme, 72% of voters oppose a stimulus plan that includes only new government spending without any tax cuts.
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