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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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To: Buckeye McFrog

Lizzy connects with audiences better than Hillary. Hillary looks and acts shrill and worn out. She might be the Democratic Party’s version of Bob Dole.

I mean that in the sense of “her turn,” not in the sense of character comparison. By the time Dole ran, it was too late... but he was a war hero, a long-time public servant, and possessor of a droll wit which didn’t show up often on the stump.


41 posted on 09/12/2014 6:30:52 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Ann Archy

You bet! If they could, they’d vote for him again in a heartbeat!


42 posted on 09/12/2014 6:35:58 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: kearnyirish2

Take a look at Sen. Sessions speech, it’s posted on Drudge now.
This is not just about jobs, it’s our kids and their kids future. The democrats have to be stopped.


43 posted on 09/12/2014 6:39:10 AM 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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To: kearnyirish2

Take a look at Sen. Sessions speech, it’s posted on Drudge now.
This is not just about jobs, it’s our kids and their kids future. The democrats have to be stopped.


44 posted on 09/12/2014 6:39:13 AM 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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To: grundle

Oh... what’s wrong?

YT’s not face down in a mud puddle with a boot on his neck?


45 posted on 09/12/2014 6:40:19 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Ann Archy

“It’s not your fault”
will always win with these people over
“get off your ass”


46 posted on 09/12/2014 6:41:41 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: BunnySlippers

Hmm. Thanks.


47 posted on 09/12/2014 1:29:03 PM PDT by CH3CN
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To: The Duke
Notice how many times the word “feel” appears in this article?

Yes, I noticed that too.

48 posted on 09/12/2014 9:17:07 PM PDT by grundle
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