Obama Playing For A Bounce
President Obama has been putting off a decision on troops for his generals in Afghanistan for months and it appears, with his numbers continuing to tank, that he is finally ready to make a decision. Whew … about time. After asking everyone and their mother their opinions, rejecting it all and asking for new recomendations it looks like Tuesday will be the date that we find out that President Obama has no intention of listening to his hand picked general on the ground and will give him fewer troops than he requested.
All this of course leads to obvious questions. If Obama did not trust McCrystal enough to let him command the troops then why appoint him in the first place? Heck I can understand questioning recommendations by even your most trusted men serving under you, but that questioning, one would expect, to take far less time than this IF you really trusted them and their judgement.
Obama’s poll numbers continue to falter, in no small part because he has been loosing support of those that “somewhat” support him because he hasn’t completely cut and run from the War on Terror like many suspect he really wants to. His daily approval as measured by the difference between strongly approve and strongly disapprove and maintained by Rasmussen sits at an all time low of -15 with a total approval rating of just 46%. Obama sees this and knows that the troops being left to twist in the wind over the Holidays is not looking good and people are starting to wonder what the hold up is.
So here comes the announcement … finally! And with the annoucement President Obama is hoping for a bump in the polls which he will probably get as people upset with him because of his delay are relieved that he has finally made a decision. Not that he should see a bump though. But the American public will probably give him one for effort. Which is a sad commentary on the public who are willing to be so shallow.
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