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POLITICS / NEWS Tue Feb 23, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- When it comes to the trust Americans put in government, a new national poll indicates it's a matter of location, location, location... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sun Feb 21, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Eighty-six percent of Americans polled by CNN/Opinion Research Corp. believe the government is broken, but nearly as many hold out hope things can be fixed... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Jan 27, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Only one-quarter of Americans think the federal stimulus plan has helped the middle class, while a majority say it has helped bankers and investors, according to a new national poll... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Jan 12, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Americans are giving Barack Obama a split decision on his first year in office, according to a national poll released Tuesday... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Nov 3, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- One year after he won a historical presidential election, a slight majority of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama's doing in the White House... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Oct 29, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- House Democratic leaders have unveiled a health care bill that Speaker Pelosi calls the 'foundation for a brighter future.'.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Oct 21, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- As President Obama navigates his way through a series of issues as controversial as they are vital, he's getting a yellow flag from the American people. For the first time since Obama took office, fewer than half of Americans polled agree with him on issues important to them, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sun Sep 20, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- President Obama insists that requiring Americans to get health insurance does not amount to a tax increase... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Aug 5, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Americans appear split over President Barack Obama's health care proposals, according to a new national poll... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sun Aug 2, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The U.S. economy is no longer on the edge of collapse, but Americans must reduce the budget deficit, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Jul 2, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- A national poll indicates that nearly half of all Americans think the economy has stabilized, but only one in eight believes that a recovery has started... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Jul 1, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A new national poll suggests that a bare majority of Americans support President Obama's health care plan... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Jun 30, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A national poll suggests that nearly three-quarters of all Americans support the plan to withdraw most U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns, even though most respondents said they think the troop movements will lead to an increase in violence in that country... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Jun 22, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- President Obama on Monday strongly praised a decision by the nation's pharmaceutical industry to agree to a deal cutting drug costs for elderly Americans, calling it an example of the kind of compromise required for successful national health care reform... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Sep 18, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a plan on Monday to guarantee health insurance to all Americans, but in a way carefully designed to avoid nearly every major political flaw in her failed proposal of 1993-94. In the new plan, Clinton promised to cov.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Fri Sep 14, 2007 @ 3:57pm neoform

New York Times -- This was the week in which Americans hoped they would get straight talk and clear thinking on Iraq. What they got was two exhausting days of Congressional testimony by the American military commander, hours of news conferences and interviews, clouds of cu.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Sep 11, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- Do Americans trust the top U.S. military commander in Iraq to report what's really going on without making the situation sound better than it is? In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll last month, Americans were asked that very question. Fifty-three p.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Fri May 25, 2007 @ 12:34pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- AFTER 220 YEARS of faithful service, our Constitution needs repair. We mark the anniversary of the Philadelphia Convention on May 25, the date in 1787 when 29 delegates first met to write the Constitution. Yet Americans still do not elect their presidents.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sat Feb 17, 2007 @ 11:45am neoform

USA Today -- Hoping to gain support for his health care proposal, President Bush pledged Saturday to reach across party lines to reform the nation's medical insurance system so more of the 46 million uninsured Americans can afford coverage. "From my conversations w.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Jan 18, 2007 @ 9:32am mrmdc

Think Progress -- Last night on the PBS Newshour, Jim Lehrer asked President Bush why he hasn’t called on Americans — besides those serving in the volunteer military — to sacrifice something to help our country in this time of struggle. Bush claimed Americans are sac.. Read More