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Archive for August 7th, 2009

Right Wing Round-Up | Right Wing Watch

Friday, August 7th, 2009

I highly doubt that we’ll be seeing the Religious Right trumpet this new poll considering that it dramatically undermines their new favorite claims that the majority of Americans have suddenly become anti-choice. …

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Wonk Room » Could Democrats Circumvent The Senate Finance

Friday, August 7th, 2009

These are differences between the two parties and Senator Enzi isn’t where the majority of Americans are in these issues, I believe. [...] BROWN: There is a deadline of September 15th. We need to enforce it. If Senator Baucus can’t get …

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Unscientific America 2: Buy The Book – And Read It | test title

Friday, August 7th, 2009

… Just 18% of Americans know a scientist personally; The overwhelming majority of Americans polled in late 2007 either couldn’t name a scientific role model or named “people who are either not scientists or not alive …

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Chocolate Frosted Cake: Public Opinion and Cuban Democracy: A Case

Friday, August 7th, 2009

A clear majority of Americans have supported re-initiating diplomatic relations with Cuba for over 30 years. A Gallup poll conducted in the 1970s, 80s and 2000s confirms this. Respondents were asked if they favored or opposed the idea …

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The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Younger Voters: Unaware of

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Rasmussen Reports tells us that a majority of Americans worry about the debt being piled up by the Obama administration. Yet younger voters, who will pay the bulk of the bill, have convinced themselves that he is “investing” their money …

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GOP Hypocrite of the Week Rep. Mike Pence Thinks Government-Run

Friday, August 7th, 2009

The fact is government-run healthcare works, and if the majority of Americans figure that out, the giant insurance companies (and the politicians who rely on their contributions) are sunk. As we noted on Medicare’s 44th birthday last …

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Obama approval rating sinks to 50%: poll « The Truth Or The Fight

Friday, August 7th, 2009

… and some conservative Democrats are against the idea. On Tuesday a Harris Interactive online survey showed a majority of Americans are in favor, 52-30 percent, of having a government-run, health care option as proposed by Obama. …

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swimming freestyle: The CNN poll on health care

Friday, August 7th, 2009

“A majority of Americans over the age of 50 oppose Obama’s plan; a majority of those under 50 support it.” There have been anecdotal reports of some clueless town hall participants who seem not to understand Medicare is a government …

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Radical Moderation: Radical Moderation

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Though these may be the loudest voices in American politics today, they are clearly not representative of the majority of Americans. The problem is, this majority of Americans is a silent majority. They have little organization and lack …

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Only 33% of Americans Believe U.S. is Heading in the Right

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Despite polling data that clearly shows a majority of Americans disapprove of Obama’s performance and the direction he is taking this country, the White House is committed towards ramming its socialist policies down the throat of every …

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