In beating back the Democrats’ impeachment effort and taking control of the House chamber as Speaker Nancy Pelosi fumbled and mumbled behind him during the annual State of the Union address, President Trump had the best week of his presidency, according to our weekly White House report card.
Democratic pollster John Zogby even gave the president his first A+ and noted that Trump’s week was made better by the hapless Democrats. Meanwhile, several polls, notably Gallup, found Trump reaching his highest job approval yet.
Zogby’s report was so comprehensive and favorable that conservative grader Jed Babbin, traveling at press time, simply said, “Ditto.”
John Zogby
Grade A+
Yes — you are looking at my actual weekly grade for President Trump. Not only did the president have a good week, but he benefited from the simply terrible week the Democrats had.
Trump modulated his tone for his State of the Union speech and gave a combination of red-meat goals for fellow conservatives and statesmanlike achievements for voters as a whole. At the same time, he actually pitched some policies aimed at capturing a few extra black voters — school choice, economic opportunity zones, and increased (lifesaving) funding for historically black colleges.
Poll Alert: Our new Feb 2/5-6 statewide poll of 400 likely New Hampshire voters for the ACU: 48% approve @realDonaldTrump Trump beats Biden 49%-45%. Trump beats Sanders 48%-45%. Biden 57% neg, Sanders 54% neg, Pelosi 56% neg! @realDonaldTrump winning!
— Jim McLaughlin (@JMcLaughlinSTK) February 7, 2020
Meanwhile, the hapless Democrats received their expected defeat on removing the president in the partisan impeachment drama and showed that they can’t even count votes accurately in the Iowa caucuses.
The caucuses are a good system, and they are supposed to be part of an organic process: winnow out some losing candidates to narrow the field as well as provide a springboard for winning candidates and those who exceed expectations to move into New Hampshire with media, money, and Big Mo.
But the biggest winners were two billionaires — Trump and Mike Bloomberg, who didn’t compete there but got pretty much what he wanted.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 6, 2020
The president appeared to have rejected Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attempt to shake his hand. But tearing up his speech was bad form and an admission that she lost. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II might have referred to the Democrats’ week as a ‘weekus horribilus.'”
John Zogby is the founder of the Zogby Poll and senior partner at John Zogby Strategies. His weekly podcast with son and partner Jeremy Zogby can be heard here. Follow him on Twitter @TheJohnZogby
Jed Babbin is a Washington Examiner contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him on Twitter @jedbabbin
