Arab American in Chief: - And a big Democrat, too

National Review, March 25, 2002 by John J. Miller

Exhibit A in Zogby's defense is board chairman George Salem, a card-carrying member of the GOP. But Salem is a token figure with no real power; the staff's loyalties are to Zogby, and Zogby controls the $1 million budget. (Zogby admits that about 30 percent of his funding comes from foreign sources. "No governments," he says, "only individuals.") "Salem is basically clueless," says a Republican activist.

Someday the GOP might have a rival organization. But in the meantime, James Zogby sits atop Arab American politics -- and he's trying to make sure as many Democrats as possible join him there.