Unleashing the Potential of America's First Global Generation
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By: John Zogby thefinancialist.com Contributor
America's young adults are dealing with a lackluster job market, political gridlock in Washington and uncertainty about their country's role on the global stage. Despite these challenges, veteran pollster John Zogby argues that America's "First Global" generation has an outward-looking perspective that may be its best asset in a rapidly changing world.
What makes any generation fascinating is the way history intrudes during its formative years and shapes how its members relate to the world. The Greatest Generation was shaped by the sacrifices of World War II, developing a resolve that served it well after the war ended. Baby boomers reaped the benefits of the economic prosperity that followed the war, and as a result, displayed an unprecedented optimism about the future.
Millennials, the generation born between 1979 and 1994, have experienced both privileges and challenges while coming of age. Although coddled at home, they saw their country attacked on Sept. 11, and in 2008 they witnessed the near collapse of the global financial system.
Zogby Obama Report Card: Just muddling along
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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
Grade for May 06 - May 12: C+
The president drew a line in the sand on chemical weapons in Syria but the line keeps moving further back and it is not clear which side used them. Israel took out a weapons depot and there are fears of a growing conflict -- but hard to see how that shapes up (or, quite frankly, who to root for). Prominent Democrats are now growing wary of implementing parts of Obamacare. And GOP guns are firing at Obama and Hillary Clinton on Benghazi. But my latest Zogby Analytics Poll has the president at 51% approval. Apparently, it is hard to look bad when the other side looks so much worse.
Crises Mount But President Keeps Majority
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By: John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor
According to a new poll of likely voters by Zogby Analytics, President Barack Obama maintains a 51% overall job approval rating. The poll of 1000 likely voters, conducted online on May 8 and 9, shows the President’s disapproval rating to be 46%. The numbers are almost identical to last month’s Zogby Analytics’ poll which had Mr. Obama at 52% approval and 46% disapproval.
If It's Sunday, It's Like Watching Paint Dry
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By: John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor
I admit that I have been watching Meet the Press since I was a little boy and my father was alive. It wasn't always "Must See TV" and I learned early that guests were on because they were important and the (chiefly) Washington reporters were from newspapers and the focus was always on tough questions that led to real answers about how a bill gets passed, how a war is avoided, what's next in energy exploration, the next manned moon venture. There was a clear national interest and what was not lost on viewers is that reporters and guests were on different sides of the desk - but they were all on the same side.
John Zogby and Sudan Sunrise Concerned with Muslim Offer to Rebuild Catholic Cathedral being Refused
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"I became involved with NBA legend Manute Bol in 2010 because I believed in his mission to build schools in ravaged South Sudan and because he was a unifying figure who worked tirelessly for reconciliation of religious groups in his home nation. I am now chairman of Sudan Sunrise and we have been working closely with groups on the ground to build a new Catholic Church that was destroyed by Muslims gangs. It is Muslims themselves who reached out to us." John Zogby, Chairmen of the Board.
Sadly, the offer of young Sudanese Muslims to help rebuild the Catholic Cathedral in Torit, South Sudan has been refused by Vatican and Diocesan authorities, as per an Official Notice released by spokesperson, Fr. Mark Opere Omol on May 7.
Zogby: Obama Report Card - Obama rides job creation wave higher
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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
Grade for April 29 - May 05: A-
"It was a good week for the president. The unemployment rate is down to 7.5 percent. Jobs are now growing at 208,000 a month in the past six months. Yes, there are way too many people unemployed and underemployed, or just out of the labor force. But this is the same barometer we have always used to grade presidents before and things are pointed up. Some want to raise the Benghazi terrorist killings as a negative, but to date, it has not caught on with the public. Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney gave an arrogant response on the issue at a briefing, but it is not hurting the president. And the icing on the cake: Obama was funnier than Conan O'Brien at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner last week and no one is funnier than Conan."