A Former Drug Czar Advisor Compares Pot To Child Porn

by Matthew Feeney.     If you thought former drug czar advisor Paul Chabot couldn’t top his claim that alcohol prohibition “actually worked” you would be wrong. Chabot recently appeared on HuffPost Live and compared marijuana to child pornography. From the Huffington Post: When asked by HuffPost Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim ... MORE

FOX: 83% Think Government Spending Is Out Of Control

Seventeen percent are in denial.     More than eight in ten American voters (83 percent) think government spending is out of control, according to a Fox News poll released Friday.  That’s up from 78 percent who said so in 2010 and 62 percent in 2009.  Some 11 percent think spending is being managed carefully. The poll also finds almost all voters rate     ... MORE

65% See Gun Rights As Protection Against Tyranny

from Rasmussen:       Two-out-of-three Americans recognize that their constitutional right to own a gun was intended to ensure their freedom. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 65 percent of American Adults think the purpose of the Second Amendment is to make sure that people are able to protect     ... MORE

Majority Of Young Voters Favor Bigger Government

Public school is serving its purpose. A Pew Research post-election poll found that a majority of young voters who were 18-29 years of age preferred bigger government. According to the survey, 59% of young voters said “government should do more to solve problems” while only 37% felt “government is doing too many things better left to businesses  ... MORE

Lucy Madison: Poll Shows Voters Support Pot Legalization

Split on same-sex marriage.  A month after voters in Colorado and Washington voted to legalize the use of recreational marijuana, a new poll from Quinnipiac University shows a majority of Americans support the legalization of pot, signaling potential support for similar ballot measures nationwide. According to the poll, conducted between November ... MORE

Kevin Robillard: Poll Shows Pot Legalization At Record High

Drug czar undaunted by public's will.    Support for marijuana legalization has edged up recently and is now tied with the opposition, according to a CBS poll released Friday — the first time since that survey started keeping track of the issue. Forty-seven percent support legalization, and forty-seven percent oppose it, according to  ... MORE

Poll Indicates California Voters To Reject Brown's Tax Hike

Big government at the saturation point.     California Gov. Jerry Brown's $6 billion tax increase initiative is losing steam with state voters as it enters the final stretch of the race, a poll released Thursday shows. Just 46 percent of Californians surveyed plan to vote for the measure Nov. 6, down from 55 percent a month ago, according to a USC Dornsife    ... MORE

Maggie Clark: A Marijuana Revolt?

It could begin in Washington, Oregon or Colorado.    From his porch overlooking Seattle’s Lake Union and Interstate 5, former U.S. attorney John McKay can see tractor trailers speeding down the highway. McKay has strong suspicions about the cargo some of them are carrying. “I know that there are trucks going down that freeway filled with    ... MORE

Barry Farber: The 'Polls' That Tell The Real Story

Why Obama loses handily.    A few weeks ago, I predicted an Obama defeat by a wide margin. Many of you responded with typical scorn and rage. Not all of you. Some of you reacted with pity – and one or two of you, devoid of political passion, even offered to give me the medication such a dire condition obviously required. Now that my out-on-a-limb lunge ... MORE

Libertarians Could Vote For Johnson, Elect Obama

by Charles Mahtesian. There hasn’t been a single poll out of Colorado this year that’s shown Mitt Romney ahead of Barack Obama. Tuesday’s Public Policy Polling poll is no exception: Obama leads Romney in a head-to-head matchup by 49 percent to 42 percent. But add libertarian Gary Johnson to the mix and the numbers are slightly different: Obama leads   ... MORE

Government Seen To Threaten More Than Protect Rights

Latest Rasmussen poll reveals a perceptive public.   More than half of Americans, 51 percent, believe that the federal government is more a threat to their rights than a protector of them, according to the latest Rasmussen poll. Only 34 percent of those polled in the May 29-30 telephone survey see the federal government more as a protector ... MORE

James S Robbins: The Coming American Counterrevolution

A divided nation faces down fundamental change.  The partisan divide in the United States may be past the point of no return. It could well be a symptom of greater changes in the American polity that herald the advent of potentially revolutionary change. On Monday, the Pew Research Center issued its annual report on American values, which revealed ... MORE

Katie Pavlich: Free Market Makes America Great

Not government.    Sorry Occupy, the majority of Americans believe capitalism and a free market made this country great, not the government, despite President Obama recently crediting the government with American success. Obama cited a series of government "investments." Obama said that Republicans have "one message and that is, we're going to make sure ... MORE

Bruce Walker: The Decline Of Greenism

Americans are waking up to the green con game. An April 9 Gallup Poll shows that since 2006, radical environmentalism has been losing influence in America. Gallup results are even more dramatic when viewed over the last couple of decades; worry about water pollution dropped from consuming 72% of Americans in 1989 to perturbing 46% in March 2011; worry about air  ... MORE

John Stossel: Don't Trust Your Instincts

Simple answers are satisfying, but often wrong. Simple answers are so satisfying: Green jobs will fix the economy. Stimulus will create jobs. Charity helps people more than commerce. Everyone should vote. Well, all those instinctive solutions are wrong. As Friedrich Hayek pointed out in The Fatal Conceit, it's a problem that in our complex, extended economy ... MORE

Blom and Benko: Return To Gold Standard Is Popular

Gold standard debate could change presidential election. Scott Rasmussen, in October, polled 1,000 voters on gold and found it popular, especially if characterized as a way to constrain big government and big banks. In November, American Principles in Action commissioned the Polling Company to drill deeper into the implications for the early contests ... MORE

M. Brownfield: How Would Americans Help The Economy?

The answer is less government.  Throughout his presidency — and especially over the last year — Barack Obama has turned toward a bigger federal government as the answer for fixing the U.S. economy. According to a new poll, though, that’s the last thing Americans want. Rather, they want to see the government cut deficits, spending, and taxes. Rasmussen ... MORE

New Poll: Ron Paul With Firm Lead In Iowa

Candidate largely ignored by all but the people.  Texas Congressman Ron Paul continues to boast high numbers in public polls despite the lack of media attention that he has received throughout the race for the GOP primary. Just prior to the start of last night’s GOP debate, Paul’s poll numbers were at their highest since the start of the race. According to Revolution PAC ... MORE

Nile Gardiner: Obama Facing Anti-Government Revolution

Three polls that give Americans hope for change. Three major polls this week will give a jittery White House cause for concern. The first, from ABC News/Washington Post shows a significant rise in public anger towards the federal government. The second, from The Wall Street Journal/ NBC, shows overwhelming disillusionment with President Obama’s handling of the ... MORE

HOPE AND CHANGE DEPT: Obama Fails All Viability Tests

By Dr. David Hill.  Last week’s column asserting that the president is unelectable has triggered strong responses. Democrats, in particular, seem to think my judgment is premature. It strikes them as ridiculous that anyone could make such a “bold prediction” so far in advance of the 2012 election. Hey, that’s what we do, as seasoned political professionals, as  ... MORE