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Obama losing the confidence of key parts of the coalition that elected him
Washington Post ^ | September 11, 2014 | Karen Tumulty

Posted on 09/11/2014 9:37:31 PM PDT by grundle

imberly Cole was part of the coalition that voted in 2008 to make Barack Obama the 44th president and gave him another four years in 2012 to deliver on his promises of hope and change.

Now, the 36-year-old mother of three young children in Valencia, Calif., is among the majority of Americans who have lost confidence in Obama’s leadership and the job he is doing as president.

“He’s been faced with a lot of challenges, and he’s lost his way,” Cole said in an interview. She worries that Obama lacks the resolve needed at a time when things at home and abroad are looking scarier.

On the other side of the country, Karlene Richardson, 44, once counted herself a “very strong supporter” of the president. But now she feels much the same as Cole does.

“Honestly, I just feel that what I bought into is not what I’m getting,” said Richardson, an author and motivational speaker who teaches health-care administration at a community college in Queens. “I’m starting to wonder whether the world takes us seriously.”

Women surveyed said they disapprove of Obama by a 50 percent to 44 percent margin — nearing an all-time low in the poll. It’s almost the reverse of the 55 percent to 44 percent breakdown for Obama among female voters in 2012, according to exit polls.

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1 posted on 09/11/2014 9:37:31 PM PDT by grundle
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“He’s been faced with a lot of challenges, and he’s lost his way.”

He was lost long before he was ever elected. So was Kimberly. Another dumb voter.


2 posted on 09/11/2014 9:40:52 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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They’re just getting “Ready for Hillary”. You can’t fix stupid. Gluttons for punishment.


3 posted on 09/11/2014 9:40:56 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't just stand there! Help fight political correctness!)
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To: grundle

Washington Post huh?

Every one has had enough of this jerk.


4 posted on 09/11/2014 9:41:20 PM PDT by Ray76
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To: grundle

Obviously they’re all racists, and undoubtedly were from the beginning. They were only pretending to support Obama in order to camouflage their actual hatred for people of color.


5 posted on 09/11/2014 9:41:30 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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“I’m starting to wonder whether the world takes us seriously.”

No $hi7 sherlock.

6 posted on 09/11/2014 9:44:50 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Steely Tom
Obviously they’re all racists, and undoubtedly were from the beginning. They were only pretending to support Obama in order to camouflage their actual hatred for people of color.

Not at all. It's just that they have been infected by the virulent disease that is now running rampant across America -- SRS (Sudden Racist Syndrome).

7 posted on 09/11/2014 9:48:11 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: grundle

What bothers me more than an inept President, is the inept congress who allows it.


8 posted on 09/11/2014 9:51:32 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: grundle

I hope these people suffer for what they helped do to America.


9 posted on 09/11/2014 9:51:40 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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Too late. Doesn’t matter anymore. Tyranny is on auto pilot now, with all the alphabet agencies doing the dirty work. They are all power-mad, make their own laws, and have their own military and SWAT teams to put the hammer down when the serfs don’t cooperate.

obama’s ratings can go to zero and it won’t make a bit of difference.
And that is why the likes of the WaPo has no problem printing this.


10 posted on 09/11/2014 9:54:29 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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There is no doubt that the women's vote elected Obama.
It seems that feminism as defined by NOW and other organizations favors big government redistributing funds and services.

It's not so much that Obama didn't give them what they wanted.
It's that what they wanted doesn't work.

11 posted on 09/11/2014 10:12:37 PM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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Notice how many times the word “feel” appears in this article?


12 posted on 09/11/2014 10:16:36 PM PDT by The Duke
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Maybe he can be stopped on immigration now. Drudge has as speech up that Sen. Sessions just gave on the senate floor. It’s powerful, clearly points out how Obama has been bought by large tech companies who only want cheaper wages. He shows how average Americans will get screwed and points out that America has more than enough laid off workers already trained to do these jobs.
There is time to beat this. The vote in the senate is not scheduled until after the elections. A strong push by Americans contacting their senators will do it.
It is worth your time to go an give it a look. Front page of The Drudge Report right now. Stop Obama !


13 posted on 09/11/2014 10:17:58 PM PDT by reefdiver (The fool says there is no God. And the bigger fools sees direct evidence and rages against it.)
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Women are stupid voters for the most part.

He’ll never lose his minority voters.


14 posted on 09/11/2014 10:19:40 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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Women are stupid voters for the most part.

He’ll never lose his minority voters.


15 posted on 09/11/2014 10:19:43 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: The Duke
Notice how many times the word “feel” appears in this article?

Good catch!

It's what people who can't think do instead.

16 posted on 09/11/2014 10:29:08 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
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To: Henry Hnyellar

Hey Kim, F@&! You.


17 posted on 09/11/2014 10:59:10 PM PDT by gwgn02
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18 posted on 09/11/2014 11:06:54 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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“Honestly, I just feel that what I bought into is not what I’m getting,” said Richardson...

Just as Rush said. People did not feel they were getting (6 years running, duh) a crappy economy, lies about a terrible health care bill, illegals streaming over the border, incompetence abroad, and inept and hostile governance, and on and on. None of this comes to a surprise for us, but its shocking for a low information voter.

19 posted on 09/11/2014 11:07:49 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: The Duke

I did. Low information voters feel, but rarely think.


20 posted on 09/11/2014 11:08:34 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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