Obama's report card

Zogby: Summer Sours For Obama
By PAUL BEDARD Posted: August 27, 2010

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 84:

Tuesday's primary results continued to show that incumbent and establishment candidates are at greater risk this year, but the majority of them are still winning. That is a hopeful sign for President Obama and the majority Democrats that well-funded and fully-prepared candidates can survive voter anger. While Obama was on the road trying to remind voters about "failed" Republican policies, the imbroglio over a proposed mosque in lower Manhattan dominated the news and a poll found the bizarre notion that the president is a Muslim is now held by one in five people.

A federal court overturned federal rules on stem cell research, and the administration will appeal for a return to the policy it implemented last year, putting itself in the middle of another hot issue on which a small majority of voters agree with Obama's position.

This week's grade: C- Last week's: D