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New Massachusetts Polling Data: What’s the Lesson?
6 hours ago ago from The Sentinel Effect
Paul Krugman doesn't like the Rasmussen poll on the popularity of health reform in Massachusetts. I've cited that poll in the past, so I have an obligation to present contradictory information. Besides, when Krugman talks, I listen. Since many people consider the reform we're likely to get similar to that which was enacted in that state, it's an important issue. Krugman cites the Boston Globe /Harvard School of Public Health poll and ...
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12 hours ago ago from THE BLACK KETTLE
Rick Richman, Commentary: In today’s Rasmussen presidential poll, only 26 percent of the nation’s voters strongly approve of Barack Obama’s performance as president, while 43 percent strongly disapprove — giving him a Presidential Approval Index rating, a sum calculated by subtracting the number of strong disapprovals from the number of strong approvals, of negative 17. His overall disapproval rating is 53 percent (it has been 50 percent ...
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11 hours ago ago from Health Products Store
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19 hours ago ago from The Weekly Weed
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14 hours ago ago from Public Matters blog -
It's a theme I heard over and over and over throughout 2009. Money is tight, people are desperate, so naturally crime is up. Right? Well, according to this preliminary report from the FBI, it just ain't so. As a matter of fact, the FBI is reporting that violent crimes appear to be down by 4.4 percent during the first six months of 2009. And even more surprising: The number of property crimes in the United States from January to June of ...
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Majority Oppose Senate Health Bill, Many Doubt Changes Will Improve System
9 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
Continuing a string of surveys showing public opinion running against passage of health care reform, 56 percent of Americans oppose the Senate bill based on what they know about it, while 42 percent support it with 2 percent undecided, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Dec. 16-20. However, that number is down from two weeks ago when the margin of opposition was 61 percent to 36 percent. Thirty-eight percent believe the ...
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18 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
LONDON -- Well, ladies, as you reach for that holiday drink of choice -- mulled wine, Christmas punch, or spiced eggnog, perhaps? -- you might want to think twice. A new study in Europe shows that highly educated, professional women drink more often and more heavily than almost any other female group. The study, released on Friday by the University of Lancaster, looked at female alcohol consumption in two European countries known for their ...
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