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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (108361)	7/22/2011 11:31:05 AM
From: d[-_-]b	7 Recommendations Respond to of 224750

will last precisely as long as Democrats control the Senate and the White House The next president will surely has his/her work cut out for them firing all those cultist appointees filling all those cabinet and czar positions.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (108361)	7/22/2011 11:32:41 AM
From: TideGlider	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224750

Why bother quoting the idiot Krugman? If he was in charge we would already be competing with Zimbabwe for currency failures.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (108361)	7/22/2011 12:03:06 PM
From: MJ	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224750

Krugman just described the qualities of a dictator---------Obama all into himself. Like the little prince he wants to stand on top of the globe and say "I Obama rule the world. I am King of the World". Congress should give him his walking papers now.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (108361)	7/22/2011 12:10:27 PM
From: TideGlider	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224750

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Fifty-nine percent (59%) of the Political Class is worried the deal will cut spending too much, while 63% of Mainstream voters fear it won’t cut spending enough. Those in the Mainstream worry more than Political Class voters by a near two-to-one margin – 70% to 37% - that the debt deal also will raise taxes too much. Whatever spending cuts are in the final deal, 49% of all voters don’t think the government will actually cut the spending agreed upon. Seventy-five percent (75%) believe that even if the deal includes tax cuts only on the wealthy, ultimately taxes will be raised on the middle class, too. “Based on the history of the past few decades, voters have learned that politicians promising unspecified spending cuts should be treated with all the credibility of a six-year old boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar promising to be good for the rest of his life,” Scott Rasmussen notes in a column for the Politico this week. Most voters (55%), in fact, oppose including any tax hikes in the debt deal. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. The national telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on July 20-21, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.See methodology. The partisan differences in the new findings help explain what’s driving the debt ceiling debate in the Nation’s Capital with Republicans pushing for spending cuts alone and Democrats insisting that tax increases be part of the package. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Republicans - and 58% of voters not affiliated with either major party - worry that the final debt deal will cut spending too little. A plurality of Democrats (41%), however, voice the opposite fear and worry that spending will be cut too much. Eighty-five percent (85%) of GOP voters and 60% of unaffiliateds fear the deal will raise taxes too much. Democrats are evenly divided on this question. Interest in the ongoing negotiations remains high, with 84% of all voters saying they are following news reports about raising the debt ceiling at least somewhat closely. Fifty-three percent (53%) are following Very Closely. Voters feel more strongly than ever that decreasing government spending is good for the economy and that tax increases of any kind are bad economic medicine. While voters agree that failing to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling is bad for the economy, 52% believe it would be more dangerous to raise the debt ceiling without making significant cuts in government spending. Thirty-seven percent (37%) take the opposite view and believe a government default would be more dangerous. rasmussenreports.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (108361)	7/22/2011 12:11:42 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224750

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Friday, July 22, 2011 Email to a Friend ShareThis The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 25% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15 ( see trends). Consumer confidence has fallen to the lowest level in two years. Just 31% of adults rate their own personal finances as good or excellent. That’s down from 35% on the day Barack Obama was inaugurated and from 34% at the beginning of 2011. In the fall of 2008, just before the collapse of Lehman Brothers, 43% rated their own finances as good or excellent. Only 18% believe their personal financial situation is getting better. Most (54%) say their finances are getting worse. Voters are skeptical about the promises of spending cuts in the debt ceiling debate. A commentary by Scott Rasmussen, published in Politico, put it this way: “Based on the history of the past few decades, voters have learned that politicians promising unspecified spending cuts should be treated with all the credibility of a six-year old boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar promising to be good for the rest of his life.” An early look at Election 2012 shows the president locked in a tight race with Republican hopeful Mitt Romney, it’s Romney 43% Obama 42%. President Obama enjoys a very modest advantage over Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry.Data on other potential match-ups will be released later today. A Generic Republican candidate leads President Obama by six points in an early look at Election 2012. The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates are also available on Twitter and Facebook. Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-two percent (52%) at least somewhat disapprove. Just 27% believe the school year should be expanded to a year-round basis. Seventy-one percent (71%) believe there are valuable life lessons to be learned during summer vacation that can’t be learned in school. Only 43% believe buying a home is the best investment a family can make. That’s down from 47% last month 60% last September, and 73% two years ago. Just 49% of homeowners now believe their home is worth more than their mortgage. Data released earlier shows that just 11% expect the value of their home to increase this year. That’s down five points from a month ago and the lowest level ever recorded. (More Below) A Wall Street Journal profile calls Scott Rasmussen "America's Insurgent Pollster." The Washington Post calls him "a driving force in American politics." If you'd like Scott to speak at your conference or event, contact Premiere Speakers Bureau. MAD AS HELL: How the Tea Party Movement is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System, by Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen, can be ordered at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Borders and other outlets. It's also available in bookstores everywhere. In a book released last year, Scott observed that "the gap between Americans who want to govern themselves and politicians who want to rule over them may be as big today as the gap between the colonies and England during the 18th century." He added that "the American people don't want to be governed from the left, the right, or the center. They want to govern themselves." In Search of Self-Governance is available at Amazon.com. Follow Scott on Facebook. It is important to remember that the Rasmussen Reports job approval ratings are based upon a sample of likely voters. Some other firms base their approval ratings on samples of all adults. Obama's numbers are always several points higher in a poll of adults rather than likely voters. That's because some of the president's most enthusiastic supporters, such as young adults, are less likely to turn out to vote. It is also important to check the details of question wording when comparing approval ratings from different firms. (More Below) Rasmussen Reports has been a pioneer in the use of automated telephone polling techniques, but many other firms still utilize their own operator-assisted technology ( see methodology). Pollsters for Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have cited our " unchallenged record for both integrity and accuracy." The Pew Center noted that Rasmussen Reports beat traditional media in covering Scott Brown's upset win in Massachusetts earlier this year: "It was polling-not journalistic reporting-that caught the wave in the race to succeed Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy." 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We also have provided a summary of our 2008 state-by-state presidential results for your review. In 2004 George W. Bush received 50.7% of the vote while John Kerry earned 48.3%. Rasmussen Reports polling projected that Bush would win 50.2% to 48.5%. We were the only firm to project both candidates' totals within half a percentage point by (see our 2004 results). See also our 2008 state results for Senate and governor. See 2006 results for Senate and Governor. Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. To reach those who have abandoned traditional landline telephones, Rasmussen Reports uses an online survey tool to interview randomly selected participants from a demographically diverse panel. The margin of sampling error for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results are available for Platinum Members. Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large ( see methodology). Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process. While partisan affiliation is generally quite stable over time, there are a fair number of people who waver between allegiance to a particular party or independent status. Our baseline targets are established based upon separate survey interviews with a sample of adults nationwide completed during the preceding three months (a total of 45,000 interviews) and targets are updated monthly. Currently, the baseline targets for the adult population are 34.9% Republicans, 34.1% Democrats, and 31.0% unaffiliated. Likely voter samples typically show a slightly larger advantage for the Republicans. rasmussenreports.com