Anthony Weiner: Just Go Away ASAP
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By: John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor
Frankly I figured my thoughts on this at this point in time would be late. Beating the dead horse; gasoline on the fire. Whatever. But Anthony Weiner is still in the race for the Democratic nomination for mayor of America's premier city.
Obama Slipping But Still Has Juice
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By: John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor
Democratic Presidents and Presidential contenders have a long history of bad summers. Jimmy Carter's only term in office was pretty much undone by his famous "malaise speech" of 1979. Who can forget Michael Dukakis riding in the tank in 1988? Bill Clinton used a sworn deposition before a Special Prosecutor to school Americans on "what the definition of is is". John Kerry went wind surfing, a sport enjoyed by tens of millions of Americans, while his exemplary military service was picked apart by his opposition and Barack Obama just hasn't had a good summer yet.
Understanding and Marketing to the First Global Generation
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By: John Zogby, as seen in Fast Company
If you want to sell to today’s 19-34 year olds, you must understand that they are the first truly global citizens and what that status means to them.
Historian Theodore Zeldin’s An Intimate History of Humanity pioneered the thesis that we must understand ourselves as composites of peoples we have never met nor even understood before. Our thoughts, emotions, expressions, behaviors and creativity are all drawn from a common soup of diverse ingredients mixed together since the beginning of humanity. This process has continued despite natural and artificial barriers that limit our capacity to exchange and synthesize new information. Today those barriers are falling and a new generation, less inhibited by outmoded political and cultural walls, is ready to create a new kind of world.
Zogby's Report Card: Stumbling Obama Needs to go to Summer School
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John Zogby's Obama Weekly Report Card is Featured in Paul Bedard's "Washington Secrets" Published weekly in The Washington Examiner
On the thumbs up side, jobless claims are down again and signs are pointing again to slow but steady recovery. And the talk of Obama scandals has subsided and given way to headlines about weather and mayhem in Egypt.
Enter the First Globals
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By: John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor
For Americans born between 1979 and 1994, history has invaded their sense of well-being and self, not once but twice. The signal event was, of course, the horror of September 11, 2001. If history were a guide, then predictably these high school and college students, along with their entry-level job colleagues, would have reacted by turning inward, rallying around the flag, wanting revenge-much like my older cousins and professors of the World War II era reacted to Pearl Harbor. But this group was already different. They played more soccer than baseball; they watched the World Cup. Technology from MTV to the Internet put them in touch with the rest of the world on a moment's notice. They consumed global brands. And they were already developing their own networks that included intimates or acquaintances beyond the community where they lived.
Zogby Report card: Obama Rebounds a Bit
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John Zogby's Obama Weekly Report Card is Featured in Paul Bedard's "Washington Secrets" Published weekly in The Washington Examiner
This week's grade: C
Never one to play to the crowd, this fiercely independent pollster/pundit seeks to annoy all stripes this week. It was a mixed bag for President Obama this week. The U.S. was seriously 'dissed by two major powers -- China and Russia -- and the president chided them for not playing by the rules. But what is left for the world's remaining superpower to do? Go to war against Jupiter and Saturn (China and Russia) when we couldn't even make a dent in Pluto and Mercury (Iraq and Afghanistan)?