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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (160354)10/8/2013 7:15:38 PM
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Just for you Mr Proud:

Barack Obama’s sinking leadership: half of Americans believe the Founding Fathers would see the US today as a failure

A new Rasmussen poll shows just how disillusioned Americans have become with the direction of their own country, over four and a half years since President Obama took office. According to Rasmussen, barely a third of US voters think the nation’s Founding Fathers would view the United States as a success today. 49 percent think the opposite:

There is a considerable ideological divide between Republicans and Democrats in how they respond to this question, though even among Democrats just over half deliver a positive answer:

Fifty-one percent (51%) of Democrats think the Founding Fathers would consider the United States a success. Sixty-two percent (62%) of Republicans and 55% of those not affiliated with either major party believe the Founding Fathers would view America as a failure.

Significantly, the Rasmussen survey shows strong distrust of the federal government, whose powers have risen significantly since the Obama administration took office:

It will be hard for the White House to dismiss these findings as anything other than a resounding vote of no confidence in President Obama’s leadership from half the country. A Gallup poll released in July, asking a similar question, was just as bad, with 71 percent of Americans saying the Founding Fathers “would be disappointed” with “the way the United States has turned out,” up from 50 percent in 2004, and around 60 percent in 2009.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk
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