President Obama's Ambitious Plans Face Bumpy Poll Numbers

On the eve of his 200th day in office, President Barack Obama has not shown any sign of slowing down since his inauguration.  The President has traveled to Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and Africa, and in...

NY Senator Gillibrand may push for moratorium on DADT

United States Senator for New York Kirsten Gillibrand is allegedly considering introducing an amendment to a defense bill that would require an 18 month moratorium on Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), the 16 year...

Obama Reaches Low Point in Daily Gallup Poll

President Obama has beenin office 6 months.  It seems the honeymoon is over. People are seeing no improvements or change and sme are holdingObama responsible."Obama's approval rating has dropped to 56...

Happy Birthday Darwin! Only 39% of Americans Believe Your Theory

On what would have been Charles Darwin's 200th birthday a Gallup poll of over 1,000 participants revealed that only 39% of Americans believe in his theory of evolution.  That means that a full 61% of those...

Israeli Professor:’We Could Destroy All European Capitals’

" By Nadim Ladki (IAP News) — An Israeli professor and military historian hinted that Israel could avenge the holocaust by annihilating millions of Germans and other Europeans. Speaking during an interview which was published in Jerusalem Friday, Professor Martin Van Crevel...

Veteran Gallup Pollster "Numbers Lie"

An interview with former senior editor of the best known US polling organization - Gallup. He discloses that the vast number of US citizens are undecided, yet the media report otherwise. He goes on to reveal Gallup's enormous public influence and its failure to reflect true...

A permanent Republican majority: RIP

Recent memory holds the idea of the "permanent Republican majority." It had the Republicans crowing and the Democrats quaking. Ron Brownstein gives us an idea of how far through political space we have traveled since then: "The consistent thread linking the 2006 and 2008...

Gallup Poll: World overwhelmingly supports Barack Obama

World overwhelmingly supports Barack Obama Among the 70 countries surveyed 30 percent of the citizens said they would rather see Obama elected, compared with 8 percent for McCain. Worldwide support for Democratic...

Gallup Says Congress at all time low

USA Today, June 20, 2007 (Excerpt) "Just 14% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress.  This 14% Congressional confidence rating is the all-time low for this measure, which...

Americans Divided on Origin of Humans

The results of a new Gallup poll on evolution has recently been released, but there was no horsing or monkeying around in this one.The creationism vs evolution debate has recently been brought back into the...

Congress Approval Down to 29%

Apparently, the do-nothing except rant and rave and shout, "We've lost, we've lost" Congress has not met with the approval of the American people regardless of how much discomfort they have with the way the Iraq...

Poll: Only 36% Back 'Surge'

"Bush's idea of troop escalation in Iraq is about as popular as the measles. Looks like John Edwards was right to call this the "McCain Doctrine" -- his backing of this policy should follow Sen. John McCain's...

For the fearful, this Friday has their number - The Washington Times

"This is not a good day for paraskevidekatriaphobics -- those who fear Friday the 13th. It's double-13 Friday. All the numbers in the numerical notation -- 10/13/2006 -- add up to 13 as well, giving great pause to...

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