While President Barack Obama and the Democrats are basking in the victory of passing a health care bill a majority of Americans don't want, the White House and Congress are ignoring a poll that shows the national security deficiencies of the Democrat leaderhip.
After little over one year of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid "regime" in Washington, DC, a Democrat-funded poll shows that Americans believe President Obama and his Democrat colleagues are detrimental to a successful U.S. national security program.
The survey was conducted by the Democratic Corps and Third Way, a "progressive" non-profit organization. The main theme was Americans voters' opinion of how the Democrats' are handling national security.
According to the poll, 60 percent of Americans believe the United States is on the wrong track Ironically, Obama received strong ratings in the poll on his handling of national security challenges such as the war in Iraq.
"President Obama's Administration including his Vice President, Joe Biden, are crediting Obama with the successful military surge in Iraq. And the president's cheerleaders in the news media echo that claim despite the fact Obama voted against the war and voted against funding the was while a Senator," says a former military intelligence officer and law enforcement commander.
"In fact, Obama takes credit for Bush's successes, but rails about his alleged failures. Even his so-called surge in Afghanistan mirrors what worked in Iraq," said former Det. Mike Snopes.
In the polls accompanying memo, the posters stated, "Historical doubts about the Democratic Party on national security show signs of reviving and many voters worry the president and his administration are not dealing forcefully enough with terrorist suspects."
The poll reveals that Americans believe that the Democrats' gap on national security has widened in the areas of "keeping America safe," "ensuring a strong military" and "making America safer from nuclear threats." These views mirror the view Americans had of Democrats during the Cold War, when some of the same Democrat leaders attempted to thwart President Ronald Reagan's "cold war" strategy.
The poll revealed that a 51 to 44 percent majority of likely voters disapproved of Obama's efforts "on the prosecution and interrogation of terrorism suspects."
However, the pollsters tip their own hand when they advise that the Democrats attempt to sound tougher on national security. The claim that to improve Democrats' standing on national security, they need to develop a stronger narrative on terrorism, and stress toughness and results by pointing out the increased use of Predator drones against Islamic militants and that FBI interrogation techniques that persuaded Abdulmutallab to produce "actionable intelligence," both considered questionable assumptions by many security experts.
What the pollsters avoided in their poll may also have some bearing on the Americans' view of Democrats on national security issues. They did not ask those whom they polled if they had opinions on Obama's connection and friendship to terrorists, Marxists, cop-killers and other unsavory characters.
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