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America Losing Confidence in Obama
Administration Fighting “War on Terror” Yesterday we emailed you a commentary by a Muslim reformer who questioned how the Obama administration is dealing with the threat of terrorism and radical Islam. Little did we know that the highly-respected Rasmussen Reports public opinion firm was going to release polling numbers yesterday that reveal the American people are losing confidence in the Obama administration’s ability to protect us from this threat (see story below). While the number of Islamist terror attacks in the U.S. in 2009 was the highest in any one year since 9/11, the Obama administration does not even acknowledge that holy war has been declared against us. President Obama will not use the terms “Islamist terrorism” or “Islamic terrorist.” According to many pundits, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is “in over her head” and thoroughly unprepared to lead the agency tasked with protecting us against terrorism. Even the liberal Washington Post ran an editorial on Monday criticizing the Obama administration’s reaction to the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day. No wonder Americans are losing faith in this administration to keep us safe from the growing threat of Islamist terrorism. War on Terror Update Plane Attack Spooks Public Confidence in War on Terror Wednesday, December 30, 2009 http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/war_on_terror_update Belief that the bad guys are winning the War on Terror is now at its highest level over two years, and nearly half of U.S. voters say America is not safer than it was before 9/11. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 30% of voters think the terrorists are winning the War on Terror. That’s the first time the number holding that pessimistic view has reached 30% since October 2007. Just 18% believed the terrorists were winning the week President Obama took office in January. At that time, 55% said America and its allies were on top. Now, just 36% say the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror. Only once since July 2007 have voters had less confidence. Just 27% now say that the United States is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. However, 47% say it is not, That latter figure marks a nine-point jump from earlier in the month and is the highest negative finding on the question since Rasmussen Reports began surveying on it in 2002. We have been tracking the question monthly since November 2006 and also measured it regularly in 2004 and 2005. Before that, it was asked on an occasional basis. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. Male voters feel more strongly than women that the terrorists are now winning. But conversely men are also more likely to believe America is safer today than it was before 9/11. Republicans are evenly divided as to who is winning the War while a plurality of unaffiliated voters say neither side is winning. Democrats, by a 42% to 25% margin, believe the U.S. and its allies are winning. When a Republican was in the White House, Republicans were more optimistic than Democrats. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the Political Class say the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror. Mainstream voters are more narrowly divided on the question. Similarly, 72% of the Political Class says the United States is safer today than before 9/11, but 54% of Mainstream voters disagree. In a separate survey following the Christmas Day incident, 79% of voters said it is likely there will be another terrorist attack in the United States in the next year. Forty-six percent (46%) say current airport security procedures are not strict enough.
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