Afghanistan, Jobs Could Drag Down Obama
Pollster John Zogby updates our weekly Obama Report Card with a grade on the president's performance. Zogby uses his polling, expert analysis, and interaction with major players to come up with a grade and some comments that capture how he see's the president's week ending.
John Zogby on Week 38:
"Obama was embarrassed after the International Olympic Committee rejected his appeal on behalf of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics. That is already yesterday's news, but Afghanistan is a long-term problem with no easy political options. The dust-up over Gen. Stanley McChrystal's going public with his desire for more troops put added pressure on Obama and set off partisan reactions in Congress. Rising unemployment may force new presidential action, and the proposal to give tax credits to employers who hire might even get bipartisan support. Meanwhile, healthcare reform inches forward, and Obama's poll numbers are on the rise."
This week's grade: C+
Last week: B-
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. 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
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Obama report card
Despite my years of teaching and several courses that purported to teach me how to evaluate students,I've found nothing that indicated that a student's performance three sixteenths of the way into any course could be considered a valid predictor of the final mark. As students would say, get real.
Obama appears to have rescued the country and the world from total financial collapse. He's managed to get the people talking about health care--he might even eke out a restructuring of the system. He has managed to get all parties of many disputes around the world to talk to each other.
Rather than sending a warning notice home for this student, I'd send a "keep up the good work" notice to the family.
Topic in poor taste
Partisanship aside... the topic, gossip, and unconstructive
suggestions in the title of this piece are in poor taste.
Commander in Retreat
Sadly, Obama is going to create another Vietnam in Afghanistan and his poll numbers will go deservedly go down.
He sat with McChrystal's report on his desk for nearly two months without acknowledging it or discussing it. Thoughtless, not thoughtful..... He is not ready for the 3:00 A.M. phone call!
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