Posted on 06/03/2014 1:20:09 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Barack Obama’s approval rating on handling international affairs has dropped under water for the first time in his presidency in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, a further challenge as he seeks to regain his footing in his second term.
The shift is a blow particularly since it directly follows an attempt by Obama to redefine his foreign policy.
At 41 percent, Obama’s approval rating for handling international affairs is down slightly, by 6 points, from early March, and down further, by 13 points, since his re-election, to a career low. Fifty percent disapprove, a new high, with those who strongly disapprove outnumbering strong approvers by 2-1.
In further criticism on the international front, 58 percent say the Obama administration has tried to cover up the facts about the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, essentially the same as sentiment on the issue a year ago. Fewer, but still half – 51 percent – favor a fresh round of congressional hearings.
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Whenever Obama totally screws the pooch in a manner so extreme that it can’t be spun away even by all the MSM’s horses and all the MSM’s men, it’s a “slip.”
Down 6 points in three months is “slightly?”
For a Republican president, down 6% is headline news, blared out every fifteen minutes for an entire news cycle.
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