Zogby in the News

Goodbye to All That

I DO not love Congress, Evan Bayh said last week, announcing that he will leave the Senate in January. I can agree, having served in the Senate from 1999 through 2006, that there are a lot of reasons not to love Congress. It's a punishing workload even under the best of circumstances. In a typi... [read on]
     - By LINCOLN CHAFEE, New York Times
         (2/20/2010)

Zogby Poll Says Obama Would Lose Re-election

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 57: ... [read on]
     - By Paul Bedard, U.S. News & World Report
         (2/19/2010)

Is it possible to be a cheapskate on Valentine's Day (and live)?

Yet another holiday approaches, and so too another demand on the wallet. In these tough economic times, the pressures are so high that American talk shows are even inviting experts on to discuss inexpensive ways to show your partner you love them this Valentine's Day. But, men the world over, hav... [read on]
     - By Sara Miller Llana , Christian Science Monitor
         (2/12/2010)

GOP, Bush get some blame for economy, lack of bipartisanship in new polls

As readers of the Ticket know, some recent polls about President Obama have been - how shall we say? - less than stellar. Perhaps that's why a headline in today's New York Times seems to leap off the page: Obama Fares Better in Poll Than G.O.P. True, the new New York Times/CBS News poll is no D... [read on]
     - By Steve Padilla , Los Angeles Times (blog)
         (2/12/2010)

This Valentine's Day, love trumps recession in York County

Americans in general don't plan to spend much for Valentine's Day this year, but apparently York County didn't get that memo. Area businesses report strong early sales for the lover's holiday Sunday, even as a Zogby International poll released Wednesday showed that 67 percent of consumers surve... [read on]
     - By Jason Foster, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.
         (2/11/2010)

Valentine's day: Will love take a back seat to tighter budgets?

Marietta resident John Foster, 23, has celebrated six Valentine's Days with his girlfriend. Foster has already purchased her gift for this Valentine's Day, and, despite the current state of the economy, he didn't dial back his spending. "I spent about the same," he said. "I didn't cut back at ... [read on]
     - By Ashley Hill, Marietta Times, Ohio
         (2/11/2010)

Zogby speaks on young adults, America's future

UTICA - Today's typical 20-something will have four jobs by the time they turn 30. And 40 percent of them expect to live or work in a foreign country at some point. Speaking at Utica College Wednesday, nationally known pollster John Zogby said such attitudes in what he calls the first global... [read on]
     - By COURTNEY POTTS, Observer-Dispatch, Utica, NY
         (2/10/2010)

More tolerance for gay troops as end of 'don't ask, don't tell' is debated

BAGHDAD -- Days before a deployment to Iraq last year, the 26-year-old soldier's sergeant told his troops that they would get to know one another pretty well over the next few months. "I'm in trouble," the specialist remembered thinking. He feared comrades would find out he is gay. Worse, he said... [read on]
     - By Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post
         (2/9/2010)

Don't ask, don't tell, do repeal

It has always been wrong for the U.S. armed forces to tell gays and lesbians that in order to die for their country they have to live in the closet. And that's what gay and lesbian soldiers and officers have been doing all along -- just as closeted sexual minorities have always been working in all w... [read on]
     - By Sally Kalson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
         (2/7/2010)

Inside the Beltway

SAFETY FIRST Homeland security appears to be a work in progress for the Obama administration, compounded by hand-wringing and dithering: What about the rights of terrorists, what about the proper protocols for airline passenger screening? The proverbial big stick may be in vogue among the citi... [read on]
     - By Jennifer Harper, The Washington Times
         (2/5/2010)

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