Shutdown? The High Speed Train to Nowhere
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There used to be a time when Presidents and Congresses made policy and when political strategists knew what they were doing. And now there is no sense of either. Let’s take this whole budget impasse, hyperpartisanship, brinkmanship, and political maneuvering apart and try to understand what is going on inside the Beltway these days.
Zogby's Report Card: President has done a 'lousy job' selling Obamacare
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Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that President Obama is sliding because he has done a poor job explaining Obamacare to the public, though he looks good compared to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
Young U.S. Adults Bring New World View to National Problems
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Written By Charlene Porter, Philadelphia News
Americans born between 1979 and 1994 are "dramatically different" from generations before them. After more than a decade of study, a prominent U.S. pollster calls this generation the "first globals" because his research reveals that they see and experience the world in such a new way.
Zogby's Report Card: Obama's performance bad, but GOP's worse
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Pollster and analyst John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that President Obama continues to plummet in the polls, but, when compared to congressional Republicans, doesn’t look as bad.
The Presidential Plummet: Obama Approval at Slides to 43%
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By: John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor
Now playing at a theater near you: Barack Obama and the Grand Funk Railroad. In our brand new monthly Zogby Analytics Poll taken September 17-18 among 1000 likely voters, the President's job approval rating has taken a dive down to 43%, with 54% disapproving of his overall performance. What is particularly striking about this new set of numbers is the dive he has taken among key constituencies that have formed his reliable base.
Larry Summers Deserved A Congressional Hearing, And Voters Did Too
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By: John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor
It wasn't supposed to be like this. Leading federal officials were supposed to be chosen on merit, not on ideological purity or whether or not they were acceptable to special interests. Perhaps the Father of All the Founding Fathers, James Madison, hated special interests. In Federalist Papers #10, which he co-authored, he warned of the power of "factions" and how they could eventually undermine the national interest. For pretty much the same reason, he also hated political parties. The United States of America was an experiment and much too fragile to be in the throes of groups that cared less for the national community and its values.