He is taking them where they want to go ...
Posted on 06/18/2014 6:39:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The sixth-year blues have caught up to Barack Obama … with a vengeance. In an NBC/WSJ poll taken before the meltdown in Iraq, Obama gets his lowest marks ever on foreign policy, where his claim to “smart power” has evidently reached its expiration date. But the real danger to Obama and to Democrats vying for office in less than five months is the vote of no confidence in Obama’s leadership:
The percentage of Americans approving of President Barack Obama’s handling of foreign policy issues has dropped to the lowest level of his presidency as he faces multiple overseas challenges, including in Iraq,according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Additionally, the public is evenly split on whether Obama is a competent manager of the federal bureaucracy. And a majority of respondents – 54 percent – believe the term-limited president is no longer able to lead the country. …
Just 37 percent approve of his handling of foreign policy, which is an all-time low in the survey, while 57 percent disapprove, an all-time high.
What’s more, by a 44 percent-to-30 percent margin, Americans disagree with the Obama administration’s decision to secure the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five imprisoned Taliban fighters.
Obama’s job approval comes in at 41/53, the second-worst in the NBC/WSJ series (March 2014′s 41/54 is the nadir). The 37/57 on foreign policy is a record low for Obama, and the economy is nearly at a historical low at 41/54. But it’s the leadership issues that will make headlines today. In terms of competency, Obama now ranks below Bush at the analogous point in time of his predecessor’s presidency. Post-Katrina Bush had a 53/46 rating for competency, while it’s an even split at 50/50 for Obama. Thirty-one percent say Obama isn’t competent at all, compared to 24% for Bush in the same time frame, and that’s a ten-point increase for Obama from last June.
That last metric isn’t an anomaly. Only 15% believe that Obama’s performance has improved over the past year, while 41% think it has gotten worse. The top areas in which those respondents believe Obama has gotten worse are ObamaCare, foreign policy — and the Taliban 5 swap for Bowe Bergdahl, with the economy and Obama’s dishonesty rounding out the top five. Small wonder, then, that only 42% of respondents think Obama can still lead this nation, while 54% reject Obama’s leadership.
As Chuck Todd tells Morning Joe, “This is the public saying your presidency is over”:
I’d disagree with Chuck on what this means for Democrats, though. While it’s true that the Congressional polling isn’t a disaster for Democrats, voters will be looking for ways to fill the leadership vacuum and deal with the perceived incompetence and dishonesty at the White House — and they won’t be choosing Democrats for that mission.
Hopefully... but...
What's starting to happen is Hillary is distancing herself from Obama. The narrative we may soon see is: "Obama has made such a mess of this country's affairs, there's only one person with competent enough to clean it up, and that's Hillary."
Remember... we're now dealing with what is likely the lowest level of voter awareness and intelligence ever.
Who else could take and nearly turn a 220 year old constitutional republic with the world's greatest economy and freedoms into a third world dump in only six short years and still have people and the media organs fainting at his feet in ecstacy?
That takes some real leadership and talent!
I fully agree... Obama's going scorched-earth on America now.
Soccer has always been a European/third world collectivist game.
World Cup Audience in the U.S. Is Growing
Monday’s Match Against Ghana Produced Records for ESPN, Univision
http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-match-in-world-cup-sets-a-tv-record-1403034850
Another sign of how Socialized/Europeanized America has become.
He is taking them where they want to go ...
What's starting to happen is Hillary is distancing herself from Obama. The narrative we may soon see is: “Obama has made such a mess of this country's affairs, there's only one person with competent enough to clean it up, and that's Hillary.”
Remember... we're now dealing with what is likely the lowest level of voter awareness and intelligence ever”
I know it's easy to be cynical esp after the nation voted for BHO twice, but Hillary's attempt to distance herself from BHO won't work. For one, McCain tried that and failed. Secondly, Hillary actually worked in the administration. Her record as SOS is prime target. GWB’s mishaps benefited the Democrats in 2006 and 2008. Obama’s mishaps are not going to benefit the Democrats.
How is Hillary and her backers going to convince the country that she's the one whose competent to clean it up when she helped make it?
A little expressed truth is 2016 is the GOP’s to loose
The narrative we may soon see is: “Obama has made such a mess of this country’s affairs, there’s only one person with competent enough to clean it up, and that’s Hillary.”
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IMHO the “luncheon” that Hillary had with Obozo about three weeks ago was all about her demanding that Obama clean up his mess to “clear the decks” for her. I think she told him if you don’t do this, she and Bill would adopt exactly the theme you just stated. In other words, the purpose of her visit was to establish an “understanding” that we’re prepared to trash you big time, or we can go easy on you (on your way out) if you quickly dispose of some of your “political garbage” that’s threatening to contaminate and complicate our campaign.
A little expressed truth is 2016 is the GOP’s to loose
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Remember, these people specialize in snatching defeat fromthe jaws of victory. If the Republicans were an army, they could outnumber their enemy 100 to 1 and still lose.
They are the White Flag party.
America used to be the Land of the Free.
Now its just the Land of the Freebie.
Obama cant Lead
Obama Cant Follow
Obama is Useless
See Obama
See Obama Sulk!
DIck and Jane were harmless...Obama on the other hand
and 46% have never heard of Obama
Why the joy? Name one Rat you could tolerate as President - not like, just tolerate. Chucky? Dingy? Any? They are all tarred with same brush - they are dishonest, immoral, power-hungry cretins. Hillary is just one of many.
They don't want to be called racists.
I don’t believe this poll. Obama won both elections, and that’s the only poll that matters.
YourBlackWorld.com has an article on this poll. The response from the black readers is that this is due to racism.
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