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A majority of Americans (56%) reject the criticism that Obama is trying to tackle too many issues.

The public is evenly divided over spending billions to help homeowners who are facing foreclosure on mortgages they cannot afford but most supporters say they are bothered by it.

Just under half (48%) of the public says spending billions of dollars to help keep financial institutions secure is the right thing to do; 40% say it is wrong.

Only 30% of the public supports extending government loans to GM and Chrysler.

Just 28% of Americans say they approve of the job Republicans are doing in Congress, the lowest level in Pew Research surveys going back 15 years.

Over 87% of Americans are unprepared to protect themselves from even the most basic world-ending scenarios reports The Onion.