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Polls Show Public May Not Know What It Wants on Health Care Law

By Andrea StoneFeb 16th 2011 – 5:05PM

WASHINGTON -- Another day, another health care poll. The latest CBS News poll shows 55 percent oppose Republican efforts to cut funding for the new health care law. Democratic rapid-response teams quickly e-mailed the CBS poll. It bolstered their argument that GOP efforts to get around the Senate's refusal to vote on...

Americans Expect an Economically Rosier 2011 for the Country

By Joseph SchumanJan 4th 2011 – 6:10PM

If 2010 was the year the economic recovery fizzled, 2011 may be when the economy finally picks up. That's the view of a majority of Americans, according to the latest poll on economic outlooks from Gallup. It finds a greater amount of optimism among people who earn more, live in the East or Midwest, and consider...

Obama Would Lose to Romney or Huckabee in 2012, But Still Bests Palin in Poll

By David KnowlesNov 4th 2010 – 12:57PM

(Nov. 4) -- On your marks, get set...prognosticate! Though the dust is still settling on the 2010 midterm elections, pollsters are already at work sizing up the impact of the Republican electoral landslide on the still hypothetical races to come in 2012. According to a new CNN/Opinion research poll, President Obama may be...

Poll: Depression Up 25 Percent Along Gulf

By Lauren FrayerSep 28th 2010 – 7:08AM

(Sept. 28) -- Americans who live along the Gulf Coast say they're more sad, worried and stressed out -- and report a quarter more cases of depression -- since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a new poll released today. The Gallup organization tabulated 25.6 percent more clinical diagnoses of depression in...

Opinion: To Doom or Not to Doom

By Will DurstSep 10th 2010 – 2:00PM

Dan Dion Will Durst is author of "The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing: Common Sense Rantings From a Raging Moderate." (Sept. 10) -- Doom. Impending doom. Deep, dark, impending Democratic Party doom. Losing one if not both houses of Congress -- deep, dark, impending Democratic Party doom. Deep, dark,...

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