Ten reasons the Obama presidency is melting down
Nile Gardiner at the Telegraph gives his 10 reasons why Obama is in trouble:
- The American public is losing trust in Obama
- The Obama presidency is imperial in style and outlook
- Most Americans are still worried about the economy
- America’s level of debt is frightening
- Obamacare is hugely expensive and increasingly unpopular
- Independents are rapidly withdrawing support for Obama
- The liberal media is less deferential to Obama in his second term
- The Benghazi scandal has been extremely damaging
- Obama’s national security strategy is weak and confusing
- Obama is “leading from behind” on the world stage
Of course Obama doesn’t need to stand for election again, but what he is fighting for is his place in history – will it be as a good, bad or middling President?