Every week, John Zogby grades the performance of President Barack Obama for U.S. News and World Report. Read the full report card by clicking on the quote below.

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We like to think of the American people as a source of wisdom and common sense that, if listened to, will find solutions to our great challenges. That has been true when the people find consensus, something which is now sorely missing.

People want to reduce our national debt and put Americans back to work, but our polling finds we have very little agreement about how to achieve either or about how to resolve the conflicts that come with trying to do both. The gridlock we find in Washington is a reflection of the people’s basic disagreements.

Read all of John Zogby’s article at Forbes.com.

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We know that people are mad as hell about their tax dollars going to bail out big banks and Wall Street, and then seeing the recipients of their hard-earned cash rewarding themselves with million-dollar bonuses.

We also know that the blowback from the bank bailouts is one reason why incumbents, especially the majority Democrats, are in great jeopardy of losing their jobs in November. People can’t vote out big bankers, but we are finding evidence that some people are voting with their bank accounts and moving their business to community banks and credit unions. A recent Zogby Interactive poll found 9% of U.S. adults have taken some of their business away from big banks as a protest.

Read all of John Zogby’s column at Forbes.com.

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Every week, John Zogby grades the performance of President Barack Obama for U.S. News and World Report. Read the full report card by clicking on the quote below.

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This is a tale about coffee, tea (parties), marketing and politics. The latter two have always been kindred pursuits. Selling a candidate or a product both involve building trust, brand loyalty and appealing to both our baser and higher needs.

Also, like a business, politicians and parties must decide whether they want to profit from niche or mass markets. A business can do well selling good old black coffee in small-town America, or aspire to the Fortune 500 by selling a variety of coffees nationwide. A politician may be perfectly happy as an ultra-conservative congressman from rural Kentucky, or tack to the middle and run for president. Now let’s talk about  Dunkin’ Donuts, Democrats, Republicans and the Tea Parties.

Read all of John Zogby’s article a Forbes.com.

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Every week, John Zogby grades the performance of President Barack Obama for U.S. News and World Report. Read the full report card by clicking on the quote below.

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Everybody knows that voters are mad as hell at big government and ready to send incumbents packing. A recent Zogby Interactive poll confirmed their lack of confidence in state and national government. For those who work for a major corporation, big bank or Wall Street firm, guess which institutions drew even less confidence than government?

Our poll found both federal and state government slightly more worthy of voter trust than each of those three free market giants. However, small business and both local banks and local government drew majority confidence. But lack of confidence in all national centers of power should alarm both leaders of the private sector and career politicians. A volatile public may be open to new paradigms about how markets and government should be managed.

Read all of John Zogby’s article at Forbes.com.

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As he campaigned for the presidency Barack Obama offered himself as a conciliator, and voters responded favorably. But one year into office, public anger has grown, and Obama is still pleading with Republicans and Democrats to get along.

Democrats on the left are frustrated that Obama continues to reach out to Republicans when it seems obvious to them that the GOP’s plan is to obstruct every initiative. Republicans on the right don’t trust Obama and believe all his talk about cooperation is just cover for his plans to promote a socialist agenda. Obama’s continued appeals to bipartisanship aren’t aimed at either extreme. He is talking to voters in the middle and hoping to maintain their trust in him, and our polling shows he may be having some success.

Read all of John Zogby’s article at Forbes.com.

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Every week, John Zogby grades the performance of President Barack Obama for U.S. News and World Report. Read the full report card by clicking on the quote below.

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It seems like the last time the nation stood united politically was in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001. While we have not experienced another terrorist attack on U.S. soil since, the memory is still strong and has been revived by the failed attempt to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner and the upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for his role in the 9-11 attacks.

Zogby International has polled various aspects of terrorism in the past month. On some questions about terrorism, we found the same partisan differences as we do on most major issues. However, there is a good deal of agreement across party lines and the demographic groups that normally lean to the left or right about what are reasonable measures to protect ourselves against terrorism.

Read all of John Zogby’s column about public attitudes on terrorism at Forbes.com.

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