A 'Whole New World, A New Fantastic Point of View': How Millennials See the Planet
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Let’s step away from shutdowns and debt ceilings; from Syria and Iran; from terrorists and L’il Kim and others who would destroy our sense of well being. Join me in peaking into our future – a much brighter place.
The GOP Meltdown
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I met just this past Thursday with about two dozen key Republican leaders in a mid-Atlantic state. It was the day after the “deal” and I began my informal luncheon remarks with a simple declaration: “I hope there isn’t anyone in this room who believes that what we all just experienced can in any way be spun as a GOP victory.” No one did. These men and women — seasoned politicians, community activists, and business and civic leaders– were just too smart. And they were gravely concerned about the future of their party.
Zogby Report Card: GOP helps Obama out
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Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that President Obama benefited from the Republican implosion over the budget and debt ceiling deal that reopened the government.
The Kicked Can Went Down the Sewer
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Excuse the metaphor but there is only so long and so far you can kick the can down the road. Those of us Boomers with experience understand that there is an immutable law in kicking the can: eventually you don’t kick it straight and it simply disappears.
New Zogby Poll: Obama Recovers, Congress Suffers from Shutdown
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A new poll by Zogby Analytics shows President Barack Obama bouncing a couple of points from a low 43% job approval rating two weeks ago. The new poll of 909 likely voters conducted online October 9 and 10, has the President up to 45% approval and 52% disapproval. The poll’s margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points.
Zogby Report Card: Shutdown is Obama's failure, period
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Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that although the GOP might get lots of the blame for the government shut down, it is President Obama’s failure because he’s the boss presiding over it.