2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPresidents war hurting senate chances?
I am sensing alot of deflation of expectations. instead of the media talking about our issues all we hear is war, war, war, and thats not going to get the base out to vote.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)If he did nothing I could see that but these fuckers beheaded two Americans.I blame some of these crying ass Progressives like Rosy O'Donnell and Micheal Moore for there constent bashing of the Presieent
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)You desperately need to be on the ignore list.
*ding*
Done.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)The survey also found indications that more people were coming to believe the U.S. should play a more active role on the world stage, a shift from Journal/NBC surveys earlier this year that found war-weary Americans wanting to step back from foreign engagements.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/wsj-nbc-poll-finds-that-almost-two-thirds-of-americans-back-attacking-militants-1410301920
mgcgulfcoast
(1,127 posts)we have been killing people in the middle east for years, and what has it got us?
frazzled
(18,402 posts)And your OP was about potential effects on the election, not about the rectitude or efficacy of military operations against ISIS. My answer was a response to whether people will abandon Democrats because of the new policy. The answer is no.
But keep trying to change the subject.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Journeyman
(15,001 posts)mgcgulfcoast
(1,127 posts)he needed to lead us and not follow polls. war by poll? no thanks. can anyone here say how killing more people now will result in something good when all the other bombing didnt?
jwirr
(39,215 posts)than we ever do. What info he uses to make decisions comes from many different sources. Polls may be one of those sources but definitely not the only one.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)If anything, it helps.
What you have to take into consideration is that, to the eternal shock and chagrin of pacifist DUers, the American public--liberal, conservative or otherwise--is not so unilaterally anti-war. Generally, being at war tends to favor incumbents...and Democrats more than Republicans: voters don't need to be reminded that the GOP can be hawkish; they do tend to forget that elected Democrats can be tough on terror, staunch on national security and bellicose to America's enemies.