what do you think of America's leadership sense obama got elected ?

I think it is wishful thinking to say the Republicans will implode. For all the talk of their supposed dire straights, they are in position to make huge gains in the Fall.

backseatLover12 said:

JimmyV said:

I think it is wishful thinking to say the Republicans will implode. For all the talk of their supposed dire straights, they are in position to make huge gains in the Fall.

Huge gains with who, old white men? Because that's the only group they actually care to help.

Let's wait and see what the House and Senate look like the morning after this upcoming election. They are going to retain control of the House and are poised to take the Senate. I would have a hard time labeling any party that wins total control of Congress as being about to implode.

Don't get me wrong, I think they absolutely deserve to implode. I'm just hearing that tossed around often but not seeing it with my own eyes. Of course, I'm in Massachusetts and aside from Mitt we don't really have Republicans here. :-)

backseatLover12 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

do you have any evidence of this?

the republican'ts have managed to alienate every single voting group that they would need to carry in order to win.

here is a general list of people republicans have alienated.

union workers
latinos
gays
african americans
the poor
WOMEN
muslims, or religious folk who identify as anything other than "christian"
scientists
people younger than age 50
teachers
service industry workers
environmentalists
just to name a few.

in my mind, by looking at this list, the only people that the republicans have in the bag are rich, old, white men, and people in the above groups who are stupid enough to vote against their own interests.

This is EXACTLY the reason the republican party will self-implode.

Not going to happen, the Democrats keep breathing life into them.

Republicans have a secret weapon in the future. Mexican George Bush.



I fear my life will be spent under the watch of either Overlord Clinton or Overlord Bush.

god help us all.

Godfather. said:

backseatLover12 said:

You people realize that this whole "talk" about either party, particularly upcoming elections, that it's nothing but media speculation used to distract the American Public from REAL ISSUES, don't you? Wake up, shut off the television and live, for Bob's sake.

I believe that, every news station has it's own spin but non the less I doubt I'll vote dem or repub, I'd rather vote for Joe Walsh than the asshats I've seen in the media.


Godfather.

he does have a Maserati that does 185...probably a better reason to vote for him than the ones most people choose for actual candidates.

gimmesometruth27 said:

mikepegg44 said:

Godfather. said:

backseatLover12 said:

You people realize that this whole "talk" about either party, particularly upcoming elections, that it's nothing but media speculation used to distract the American Public from REAL ISSUES, don't you? Wake up, shut off the television and live, for Bob's sake.

I believe that, every news station has it's own spin but non the less I doubt I'll vote dem or repub, I'd rather vote for Joe Walsh than the asshats I've seen in the media.


Godfather.

he does have a Maserati that does 185...probably a better reason to vote for him than the ones most people choose for actual candidates.

also, he lost his license, now he don't drive. AND he goes to parties sometimes until four, and he can't leave because he can't find the door.

if i had to choose between cat scratch fever man and this guy, this guy all the way!!!

Life has been good to him .....so far

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/michael_smerconish/20140803_The_Pulse__In_a_world_of_trouble__support_for_Obama_policies.html

Michael Smerconish, Inquirer Columnist
Posted: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 1:09 AM
A passenger plane presumably shot down by pro-Russian separatists as part of the crisis in Ukraine kills 298 civilians. Israel moves into Gaza to stop rocket launches and the result is more than 1,300 Palestinians and more than 50 Israeli soldiers dead.

That's just for starters.

Civil war rages in Iraq, pitting Sunni against Shiite, and Sunni-affiliated ISIS threatens the stability of the Iraq government. The civil war in Syria is estimated to have taken 170,000 lives. Meanwhile, Iran proceeds with its nuclear program. Libyan unrest has led the United States to evacuate its embassy in Tripoli.

At home, an estimated 60,000 unaccompanied minors may arrive in the United States from Central American countries by year's end.

So how is President Obama doing on foreign policy?

Not so well, according to the latest polls. In a recent survey by the New York Times and CBS News, 58 percent of respondents disapprove of the way Obama is handling world affairs, the highest such number of his presidency. Only 36 percent said they approve.

And that appraisal is no outlier. In June, a similar survey from NBC and the Wall Street Journal had the same result. No wonder, then, that critics of the president, like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), are hammering the administration on foreign policy, seemingly in line with popular sentiment. On Meet the Press, Graham said of Secretary of State John Kerry and the president:

"It scares me that he [Kerry] believes the world is in such good shape. America is the glue that holds the free world together. Leading from behind is not working. The world is adrift. And President Obama has become the king of indecision. His policies are failing across the globe, and they will come here soon."

But delve into the numbers and a more complicated picture emerges - one in which Americans are dissatisfied with the president but approving of his individual decisions. Consider this from the Times/CBS poll:

When asked if they support the president's recent decision to send 300 military advisers to Iraq, 51 percent said yes.

When asked if they support the use of drones in Iraq, 56 percent said yes.

A little more than half of voters were in favor of working with Iran in a limited capacity to try to resolve the situation in Iraq.

Each of those three foreign-policy views is in line with what the administration is considering or actually doing.

Here's a similar finding: When Politico surveyed voters in 2014 battleground areas, they found that more than three-quarters were in support of the president's plans to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016. And, 44 percent of likely voters favor less involvement in Iraq's civil war, vs. 19 percent who favor more involvement. That's something else he is doing.

Although taken just before the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the Politico poll also evidenced agreement with Obama's handling of U.S. efforts to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Shortly after the Flight 17 crash, CNN and ORC International posed a survey with questions concerning how the United States should respond if pro-Russian separatists fired the missile at the aircraft. An overwhelming majority opted for stricter economic and diplomatic sanctions, preceding Obama's decision this past Tuesday.

The president's management of the crisis in the Middle East is just another illustration of public approval of his policies.

Despite apprehension around the globe regarding the surge of Palestinian civilian casualties, both Kerry and Obama have reaffirmed Israel's right to defend itself. Data collected from pollsters during the Gaza war, including the Pew Research Center and Gallup, suggest that among those who have followed the situation closely, 71 percent believe Israel's military action to be justified. Moreover, the percentage of those who believe Hamas is to blame is double that of those who hold Israel responsible for the current violence.

One final paradox: Bowe Bergdahl. A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center and USA Today in June found that while 43 percent believe the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for Bergdahl was a mistake by the Obama administration, 56 percent said the United States has a responsibility to do all it can to secure the return of a captive U.S. soldier, regardless of the circumstances.

What does it all mean? Probably that Americans are understandably concerned about the confluence of so many trouble spots around the globe and view the buck as stopping with Obama, even though they concur with his reluctance to get us directly involved militarily in any more foreign entanglements. Sanctions? Fine. Troops? No way.

And maybe "approval/disapproval" is a misleading way to gauge public sentiment. Obama's approval might be just 40 percent, but maybe some of the 60 percent want him to be more aggressive, while others want him to be less so.

I suppose it's all a reflection of the fact that it is easier to be against something than to articulate an alternate approach, especially in these times.

Michael Smerconish can be heard from 9 a.m. to noon on Sirius XM's POTUS Channel 124 and seen hosting "Smerconish" at 9 a.m. Saturdays on CNN.
Michael Smerconish Inquirer Columnist

well, your original poll question makes no grammatical sense. Big surprise.