{"id":2242299,"date":"2024-05-11T09:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T13:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-zogby-says-biden-presidency-not-working-well\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T09:41:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T13:41:56","slug":"white-house-report-card-zogby-says-biden-presidency-not-working-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-zogby-says-biden-presidency-not-working-well\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Report Card: Zogby Rates Biden Presidency as &#8216;Not Working Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-report-card-zogby-says-biden-presidency-not-working-well%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242299&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House Report Card this week critiques President\u200b Joe Biden for struggling with\u2064 the economy\u200d and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a>. Despite dismissing rising inflation and unemployment, public sentiment reflects a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">downward trend<\/a>, with\u2062 experts grading his \u2062performance \u200cpoorly. Biden faces criticism for flip-flopping on\u200b Israel and illegal migrant policies, leading to concerns about \u2064the effectiveness of his presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This week\u2019s White House Report Card finds President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> fumbling with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/2999183\/some-black-hispanic-people-go-hungry-under-bidenomics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a> and foreign policy worse than former President Jimmy Carter did in 1980, the year he lost in an electoral landslide to Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-on-covid-rules-were-not-going-to-take-options-off-table-of-what-experts-may-recommend\/\" title=\"Psaki On COVID Rules: \u2018We\u2019re Not Going To Take Options Off Table\u2019 Of What Experts \u2018May Recommend\u2019\">economic front<\/a>, Biden dismissed continued inflation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/2997580\/jobless-claims-surge-to-highest-level-since-august-in-labor-market-warning-sign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-massive-budget-deficit-is-almost-double-what-newsom-estimated\/\" title=\"California's budget deficit is nearly twice as large as Newsom's initial estimate\">surging unemployment<\/a><\/a> to declare that people are just fine. \u201cThey have the money to spend,\u201d he told the nation.<\/p>\n<p>But the public has said otherwise. The University of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/05\/10\/consumer-sentiment-tumbles-as-inflation-fears-surge-closely-watched-survey-shows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan Survey of Consumers<\/a> sentiment index for May tumbled 12.7%.<\/p>\n<p>On foreign policy, supposedly Biden\u2019s specialty, he flip-flopped on Israel and declared that he was holding back congressionally approved arms in a dare over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s plans to invade the Gaza city of Rafah, home to remaining Hamas terrorists. That move was ripped by Republicans and Democrats as politically motivated to please campus protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic pollster John Zogby told Secrets that Biden \u201cis trying but he\u2019s not connecting.\u201d He graded the week a \u201cD,\u201d and added that his presidency \u201cis simply not working well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservative analyst Jed Babbin agreed. He graded the week a \u201cD-minus,\u201d and added Biden\u2019s latest pro-illegal migrant moves to the stumbling economy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Middle-East\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Middle East<\/a> mess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Grade: D<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This is the week that a pornstar testified against former President Donald Trump. Another alleged hush money recipient made news by not testifying. And the world is anxiously awaiting the key testimony of a convicted fixer\/liar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Michael-Cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michael Cohen<\/a>, next week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>President Joe Biden was out trying to sell his well-documented economic accomplishments but few seemed to buy it.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Zogby Report | 05.09.24 - Are We Heading Towards the Summer of \u201968?\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EGpYya-kH4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>He used to be \u201cUncle Joe,\u201d an empathetic figure who courageously triumphed over tragedy. He once was an experienced foreign policy expert who is now bogged down in foreign war quagmires. He should be a hero to young people for creating jobs and trying to relieve tens of thousands of student debt. But he is bogged down in a close fight with a man on trial for entertaining sleazy people.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He is still at a 40% approval rating. There is still time but it was clear this week that his approach \u2014 and perhaps his presidency \u2014 is simply not working well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Grade: D-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>It was another one of those weeks for the Biden kakistocracy. President Joe Biden managed to cram into it a huge lie on inflation, a decision to withhold aid from Israel, and new gifts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">illegal migrants<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To friendly CNN, Biden claimed that he had the best record ever for cutting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a> and creating jobs. He told the interviewer that inflation was 9% when he came into office. The truth is that inflation was 1.4% when Biden came in and his radical, reckless spending hiked it to 9%, the worst in over forty years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biden \u2014 illegally, as in he lacks the authority to do it \u2014 declared that 100,000 \u201cDACA\u201d younger illegal migrants are eligible for Obamacare. At taxpayer expense, of course. Joe just can\u2019t stop spending and spending. He\u2019s also going to issue at least 10,000 government ID cards to illegal migrants to make sure they can get government benefits and make it possible for them to vote.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biden also decided to pause arms shipments to Israel, a very close ally that is in mortal danger. He did so purely for political purposes, to push the Israelis to not invade the Gaza city of Rafah where the leaders of Hamas are hiding behind hostages. Wasn\u2019t Trump impeached for threatening to withhold aid to Ukraine in 2019? Biden has actually done it, violating the same congressional direction that Trump was accused of.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Meanwhile, when a reporter asked Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Kamala-Harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> for her reaction to a Hamas claim that it had accepted a cease-fire deal, she answered, \u201cShrimp and grits.\u201d (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over?) Old Joe isn\u2019t the only person in the Biden regime who has mental acuity problems.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby <\/strong>is the founder of the Zogby Survey and senior partner at <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Zogby Strategies.<\/a> His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/the-zogby-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>can be heard here.<\/a> Their firm polls for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zogbystrategies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>@ZogbyStrategies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong> is a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedbabbin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>@jedbabbin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s White House Report Card, President Joe Biden faces challenges with the economy and foreign policy, drawing unfavorable comparisons to former President Jimmy Carter&#8217;s struggles in 1980. Despite rising inflation and unemployment, Biden remains optimistic about the economic situation, believing that people are faring well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2242300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24130759260899-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24130759260899-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}