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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] This [URL=https://www.wsj.com/articles/read-biden-plummeting-polls-election-presidency-approval-11635264950?st=h2189vq2qjq2ahc&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] Journal[/URL] columnist, William Galston, holds my views regarding Joe's disappointing presidency. While possibly my view of "he could be gone by Xmas" (OK; the SOTU), is more drastic than he is prepared to share, the presidency has been a disappointment. Those voters that wanted the country to be "molded in the image" of Bernie, Liz, and "The Squad" are disappointed in that "he hasn't delivered". Those voters, like my independent self (7R 7D 1I to date), who wanted a presidency to "lean somewhat left" following Carter's and Clinton's agenda (the two Bush's lean right was also acceptable to me), are also disappointed. I doubt if any voter can consider his foreign policy to date anything short of disaster. Afghanistan was simply too great a blunder to be in the dustbin by '22, and even to the extent he has "patched things up" with France over the CXD sale of those WWII Submarines to Australia, just cannot override that first blunder - and foreign policy was touted as his strong suit. Finally, our "Dem leading" membership here need not fear. I'm hardly about to go out and purchase a "Gee, why didn't I vote for Trump" T-Shirt. I simply wish both parties had nominated different candidates. Here's "Fair Use" from the column: [i][list] [*]After nine months in office, Joe Biden is in trouble. His job approval has fallen nearly 10 points from its high last spring, and Americans have downgraded their assessment of his presidential capacities. It is far too early, however, to write off his administration as a “failed presidency,” as Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin and other prominent Republicans have begun to do. In recent decades, presidents of both parties—Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama among them—have recovered from dips in their popularity to win re-election. Reagan won in 1984 in a landslide—but his job approval averaged 43% in 1982 and had fallen to 35% by the beginning of 1983, according to Gallup. Still, there are reasons why Mr. Biden’s popularity has faded. In the early summer, the administration unwisely encouraged the hope that the pandemic would soon end, increasing the psychological impact of the Delta variant. Inflation crept higher, and seems likely to last longer, than many experts predicted. Snarled supply chains created shortages of goods, and the situation may deteriorate as holiday shoppers hit the stores. Illegal crossings at the southern border surged to levels not seen for two decades, and the Biden administration still hasn’t figured out what to do about it. Rates of violent crime, especially murder, have risen, forcing mayors to reverse the changes in policing made in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death.[/i] [/list] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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