Mr. Obama, "You can't fool all of the people all of the time"

"If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem." __Abraham Lincoln. ~~~~~ One year ago President Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, but a new poll has found that a rematch today of the 2012 election would favor Romney. According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll of 1,006 adults conducted November 14-17, 49% would vote for Romney compared to 45% voting for Obama, a reverse of Romney's 4-point popular vote loss in 2012. This poll reflects just how much support the President has lost as a result of the Obamacare debacle that has undermined public confidence in both the President personally and the viability of the new healthcare law. The survey indicates that Obama's biggest loss of support comes from women, the young, the less-educated, the poor, and among liberals. In 2012, the President beat Romney among women voters by 11%, but if the election were held today, he would lead by only 1%. Young voter support for Obama has dropped from 18% to 2% since last year, while those with less than a college degree who gave him a lead of 4% have slipped to a deficit of 9%. Most surprising is that liberal support for the President has dropped to 59% from 75%, with 20% now saying they would vote for Romney if the election were held today. The Washington Post, trying to salvage something for the President, pointed out that the survey findings cannot tell the entire story because of other factors that affect the outcome of an election, such as margin of error in polling and the fact that the Electoral College - not the popular vote - elects the president. But, the last time the Electoral College overturned the pooular vote was in 1876, so we can discount this Post argunent. Thus, according to the survey analysis, an 8% swing in the popular vote toward Romney would have given him an additional 125 electoral votes, allowing him to win the race by 331 to 207, or virtually the same margin as Obama's 332 - 206 win. ~~~~~ Dear readers, President Obama is finally paying with the American public for his combination of non-existent management skills, refusal to accept expert help, and the almost complete centralization of the federal executive function in a White House that lacks the experience and political skills needed to work properly. While this amateur President and his insider friends managed to slip through the net in his first term by blaming each of their missteps on President Bush, Obamacare finally caught them up in their gross incompetence. We can only hope that American voters will remember this in 2014 and vote for Republican congress members and senators who will be able to reduce to a minimum the continuing damage being done to America by Barack Obama - from Fast and Furious to Benghazi, the Middle East and the IRS and NSA scandals. ~~~~~ As Honest Abe also said : "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."