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The stunning decline of Barack Obama: 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown

By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: August 12th, 2010

President Obama: In decline?
The last few weeks have been a nightmare for President Obama, in a summer of discontent in the United States which has deeply unsettled the ruling liberal elites, so much so that even the Left has begun to turn against the White House. While the anti-establishment Tea Party movement has gained significant ground and is now a rising and powerful political force to be reckoned with, many of the president’s own supporters as well as independents are rapidly losing faith in Barack Obama, with open warfare breaking out between the White House and the left-wing of the Democratic Party. While conservatism in America grows stronger by the day, the forces of liberalism are growing increasingly weaker and divided.

Against this backdrop, the president’s approval ratings have been sliding dramatically all summer, with the latest Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll of US voters dropping to minus 22 points, the lowest point so far for Barack Obama since taking office. While just 24 per cent of American voters strongly approve of the president’s job performance, almost twice that number, 46 per cent, strongly disapprove. According to Rasmussen, 65 per cent of voters believe the United States is going down the wrong track, including 70 per cent of independents.

The RealClearPolitics average of polls now has President Obama at over 50 per cent disapproval, a remarkably high figure for a president just 18 months into his first term. Strikingly, the latest USA Today/Gallup survey has the President on just 41 per cent approval, with 53 per cent disapproving.

Related link: The Obama presidency increasingly resembles a modern-day Ancien Régime

There are an array of reasons behind the stunning decline and political fall of President Obama, chief among them fears over the current state of the US economy, with widespread concern over high levels of unemployment, the unstable housing market, and above all the towering budget deficit. Americans are increasingly rejecting President Obama’s big government solutions to America’s economic woes, which many fear will lead to the United States sharing the same fate as Greece.

Growing disillusionment with the Obama administration’s handling of the economy as well as health care and immigration has gone hand in hand with mounting unhappiness with the President’s aloof and imperial style of leadership, and a growing perception that he is out of touch with ordinary Americans, especially at a time of significant economic pain. Barack Obama’s striking absence of natural leadership ability (and blatant lack of experience) has played a big part in undermining his credibility with the US public, with his lacklustre handling of the Gulf oil spill coming under particularly intense fire.

On the national security and foreign policy front, President Obama has not fared any better. His leadership on the war in Afghanistan has been confused and at times lacking in conviction, and seemingly dictated by domestic political priorities rather than military and strategic goals. His overall foreign policy has been an appalling mess, with his flawed strategy of engagement of hostile regimes spectacularly backfiring. And as for the War on Terror, his administration has not even acknowledged it is fighting one.

Can it get any worse for President Obama? Undoubtedly yes. Here are 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in serious trouble, and why its prospects are unlikely to improve between now and the November mid-terms.

1. The Obama presidency is out of touch with the American people

In a previous post I noted how the Obama presidency increasingly resembles a modern-day Ancien Régime, extravagant, decaying and out of touch with ordinary Americans. The First Lady’s ill-conceived trip to Spain at a time of widespread economic hardship was symbolic of a White House that barely gives a second thought to public opinion on many issues, and frequently projects a distinctly elitist image. The “let them eat cake” approach didn’t play well over two centuries ago, and it won’t succeed today.

2. Most Americans don’t have confidence in the president’s leadership

This deficit of trust in Obama’s leadership is central to his decline. According to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll, “nearly six in ten voters say they lack faith in the president to make the right decisions for the country”, and two thirds “say they are disillusioned with or angry about the way the federal government is working.” The poll showed that a staggering 58 per cent of Americans say they do not have confidence in the president’s decision-making, with just 42 per cent saying they do.

3. Obama fails to inspire

In contrast to the soaring rhetoric of his 2004 Convention speech in Boston which succeeded in impressing millions of television viewers at the time, America is no longer inspired by Barack Obama’s flat, monotonous and often dull presidential speeches and statements delivered via teleprompter. From his extraordinarily uninspiring Afghanistan speech at West Point to his flat State of the Union address, President Obama has failed to touch the heart of America. Even Jimmy Carter was more moving.

4. The United States is drowning in debt

The Congressional Budget Office Long-Term Budget Outlook offers a frightening picture of the scale of America’s national debt. Under its alternative fiscal scenario, the CBO projects that US debt could rise to 87 percent of GDP by 2020, 109 percent by 2025, and 185 percent in 2035. While much of Europe, led by Britain and Germany, are aggressively cutting their deficits, the Obama administration is actively growing America’s debt, and has no plan in place to avert a looming Greek-style financial crisis.

5. Obama’s Big Government message is falling flat

The relentless emphasis on bailouts and stimulus spending has done little to spur economic growth or create jobs, but has greatly advanced the power of the federal government in America. This is not an approach that is proving popular with the American public, and even most European governments have long ditched this tax and spend approach to saving their own economies.snip
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This guy from the UK sums up the disaster that is the Obambi Presidency pretty accurately.

 

 

And, for those, like me, who didn't know what Ancien Regime means:

 

 

Ancien Régime refers primarily to the aristocratic, social, and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties (14th century to 18th century). The term is French for "Former Regime," but rendered in English as "Old (or Ancient) Regime", "Old Order," or "Old Rule".

 

Seems to fit Urkel to a tee.

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Zero's decline was inevitable, since the lofty perch from which he compaigned was an illusion created by spin masters and media ideologues. Once put to the test when faced with reality, the illusion faded away.

 

What was behind the illusion was just another grubby politician, more odious than most because of the thuggishness of his political background.

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Zero's decline was inevitable, since the lofty perch from which he compaigned was an illusion created by spin masters and media ideologues. Once put to the test when faced with reality, the illusion faded away.

 

What was behind the illusion was just another grubby politician, more odious than most because of the thuggishness of his political background.

 

 

Well said.

 

I would also add, no surprise for many of us.

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Well, ummm ... they certainly show regal bearing ....

 

Battle of the derrieres: Carla Bruni ® is upstaged by Princess Letizia of Spain, who owns one of the classiest rears in the world

 

 

After looking around for a bit, it seems that the photo I posted may have been photoshopped. Here is maybe the original.

 

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Battle of the derrieres: Carla Bruni ® is upstaged by Princess Letizia of Spain, who owns one of the classiest rears in the world

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1174612/The-day-Carla-met-match--How-Spains-Princess-upstaged-French-First-Lady.html#ixzz0wbHVZDU8

 

I don't remember all three ladies being together in Spain. Me not remembering doesn't mean anything though.

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Even if it's photoshopped, the difference in posture is interesting. Michelle needs to throw her shoulders back like those two gorgeous-from-the-back women.

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Well other than points 1-10... Obama is a raging success. :lmfao:

 

Did any clear thinking individual think that it would have been any different back on November 1, 2008? I don't think so.

 

BTW, I loved Rush's declaration that after the elaborate Spanish vacation, the first pretender's wife will now be known as Mooch-elle.

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Well, ummm ... they certainly show regal bearing ....

 

Battle of the derrieres: Carla Bruni ® is upstaged by Princess Letizia of Spain, who owns one of the classiest rears in the world

 

 

After looking around for a bit, it seems that the photo I posted may have been photoshopped. Here is maybe the original.

 

article-1174612-04B7728F000005DC-902_468x703.jpg

Battle of the derrieres: Carla Bruni ® is upstaged by Princess Letizia of Spain, who owns one of the classiest rears in the world

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1174612/The-day-Carla-met-match--How-Spains-Princess-upstaged-French-First-Lady.html#ixzz0wbHVZDU8

 

I don't remember all three ladies being together in Spain. Me not remembering doesn't mean anything though.

 

Have to disagree with you here. Bruni is definitely shapelier and of (slightly) more fluid bearing in this photo.

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Well, ummm ... they certainly show regal bearing ....

 

Battle of the derrieres: Carla Bruni ® is upstaged by Princess Letizia of Spain, who owns one of the classiest rears in the world

 

 

After looking around for a bit, it seems that the photo I posted may have been photoshopped. Here is maybe the original.

 

article-1174612-04B7728F000005DC-902_468x703.jpg

Battle of the derrieres: Carla Bruni ® is upstaged by Princess Letizia of Spain, who owns one of the classiest rears in the world

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1174612/The-day-Carla-met-match--How-Spains-Princess-upstaged-French-First-Lady.html#ixzz0wbHVZDU8

 

I don't remember all three ladies being together in Spain. Me not remembering doesn't mean anything though.

 

Have to disagree with you here. Bruni is definitely shapelier and of (slightly) more fluid bearing in this photo.

 

I agree, but that was the caption with the photo. Carla has the bluest eyes I have ever seen.

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Sarkozy is such a lucky b*stard!!!

 

P.S. Agree about her eyes - very feline, and the clearer the blue eyes are, the more enchanting the woman. Almost clear blue eyes in a woman will trump virtually everything else in a non-blue-eyed woman's face.

 

Because they are so unusual that they appear almost ethereal......that's what's meant by the saying that a man could "get lost in her eyes".

 

Carla's got it, and that short ugly Sarko has HER. :angry:

 

As we all know, life is not fair. Except that we all WILL die someday. <_<

 

(Sorry to end on a downer. Good Night!)

 

:P

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shoutCasino67

 

That happens to be my First Lady you're dissin'....

 

 

 

 

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Is this sad? Looks like the maid with them. In Spain.

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Even if it's photoshopped, the difference in posture is interesting. Michelle needs to throw her shoulders back like those two gorgeous-from-the-back women.
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