Obamameter: Obama May Not Have Gotten Bipartisanship, but He Got the Stimulus

Pollster John Zogby joins the Washington Whispers team to regularly update our new Obamameter. Each week, Zogby will size up Barack Obama on a specific issue, his popularity, or job performance and, based on his polling results and expert analysis, come up with a rating of between 1 and 100. In this week's Obamameter, Zogby analyzes the bounce from the Senate's passage of the stimulus, tempered by the surprise withdrawal of Sen. Judd Gregg as nominee to be secretary of commerce. Zogby gives Obama 82 out of 100.

"This is a bounce-back week for President Obama. Yogi Berra once remarked that when he popped a home run over the 296-foot 'short porch' in right field at the old Yankee Stadium, he got to run all the bases just like when Mickey Mantle would hit a 565-foot home run. In assessing Obama this week, he may not have gotten bipartisan support, but he got his bill—more or less—and still gets to run all the bases. The president is still at his best on the road. But next up is the pesky bank bailout and what is looking like a broken cabinet. Good thing the public still loves him. Rating: 82."

Last Week's Rating: 78.

John Zogby is president and CEO of Zogby International, a public opinion, research, and business solutions firm with experience working in more than 70 countries around the globe. Founded and led by Zogby since 1984, Zogby International specializes in telephone, Internet, and face-to-face survey research and analysis for corporate, political, nonprofit, and governmental clients. The firm is headquartered in Utica, N.Y. John Zogby is also the author of The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream (Random House).

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