Was Obama's Year So Bad After All?
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Let’s take the conventional wisdom and turn it upside down for a moment. As President Obama vacations in Hawaii for a couple of weeks, the end of year reviews are coming in from the Washington Press Corps. And the reviews are not kind. This was a “very bad year”. Mr. Obama has “the worst polling numbers of any President after the first year of a second term since Richard Nixon”. His Presidency is “doomed”. And so on.
Zogby Report Card: 2014 looks 'dim' for Obama
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Pollster John Zogby reports in our White House report card that President Obama's 2014 agenda has a poor chance of success, although it's likely immigration reform will pass because both sides want it to.
Who Are the First Globals? The Demographics of Millennials
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Americans born between 1979 and 1995 are just different. Playing more soccer than baseball, getting a trophy for just being on the team, going to integrated schools more than any other group in the past, traveling abroad, steeped in mobile and internet technology – they are just different.
Zogby Report Card: NSA court slap offset by US Olympic value play on gays
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Pollster John Zogby reports in our White House report card that President Obama had a week of advances and putdowns, highlighted by a federal court's slap of his National Security Agency spying scandal offset by his decision to snub Russian President Vladimir Putin's Olympics.
Millennials (First Globals) and the New Political Debate: Without Democrats or Republicans, Without Liberals or Conservatives
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I have been singing the praises of Millennials (First Globals) for over a decade because I strongly believe their major contribution will be to change and redirect the political debate from its current gridlock and hyperpartisanship to one of meaningful dialogue, creative play, and consensus decision making.
Zogby Report Card: When things quiet down, Obama rebounds
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Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that President Obama is benefitting from a less turbulent week, and a decision to take a “selfie” of and not twerk Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.