Poll is bad for President Obama, but worse for liberalism

By: American Decency Staff

In his 2008 campaign, Obama sought to make the election about more than merely voting for another Democrat. He spoke in terms of transforming the country, obliterating the cynicism that Americans had about the federal government, and showing them that it could be effective.

“I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that, you know, Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not,” candidate Obama said.

In some senses, Obama did change the trajectory of America. For instance, he passed the most significant expansion of entitlements since Lyndon Johnson's Great Society in the form of his health care law.

But going into the sixth year of his presidency, Obama still hasn’t sold Americans on his view of the role of government, which could have significant ramifications for the liberal agenda in the future.

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