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 sees the president's week ending.
John Zogby on Week: 145
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 sees the president's week ending.
John Zogby on Week: 146
"The president continues to campaign successfully against Republicans in Congress, and this past week used his executive prerogatives to ease the debt problems of homeowners and students and announce an end of year pullout from Iraq. Those moves seem to be paying off. Our IBOPE Zogby interactive polls and others show a bump in Obama's approval rating. But this may be the calm before another storm. Europe's plan to rescue Greece from its dire debt situation may fall apart and wreak havoc on the world economy, including ours. The debt super committee remains deadlocked over the same issues that tied up the entire Congress: taxes and cuts to entitlements and defense. Any outcome by its Nov. 23 deadline, including no agreement and large trigger cuts in defense, health care and student loans, is likely to be unpopular with many voters."
This week's grade: B-
Last week's: C+
John Zogby is Chairman of the Board and Chief Insights Officer for IBOPE Zogby International, a non-partisan public opinion, research, and business solutions firm with experience working in more than 70 countries around the globe. IBOPE 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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