The whirlwind of major news stories over the past two weeks
has been extraordinary – and extraordinarily bad for President Obama.
has been extraordinary – and extraordinarily bad for President Obama.
Consider this:
·
Obama foreign policy speech at West Point falls
flat with liberals and conservatives.
Obama foreign policy speech at West Point falls
flat with liberals and conservatives.
·
Ret. Gen. Eric Shinseki resigns – probably under
pressure from the White House – resigns as the VA scandal widens.
Ret. Gen. Eric Shinseki resigns – probably under
pressure from the White House – resigns as the VA scandal widens.
·
An historic agreement that unifies the two
Palestinian political camps puts Israel on edge.
An historic agreement that unifies the two
Palestinian political camps puts Israel on edge.
·
Revised figures show GDP shrank by 1 percent in
the first quarter of 2014.
Revised figures show GDP shrank by 1 percent in
the first quarter of 2014.
·
Details of five-for-one swap for a soldier held
captive, Sgt. Bowe Berghdahl, in exchange for five high-level Taliban militants
raises a bipartisan furor. Story gains legs after it’s revealed that Bergdahl
was captured by the Taliban after fleeing his post in Afghanistan.
Details of five-for-one swap for a soldier held
captive, Sgt. Bowe Berghdahl, in exchange for five high-level Taliban militants
raises a bipartisan furor. Story gains legs after it’s revealed that Bergdahl
was captured by the Taliban after fleeing his post in Afghanistan.
·
Thousands of unaccompanied children and teens
flow across the U.S. border as they flee unrest in their Central American
homelands.
Thousands of unaccompanied children and teens
flow across the U.S. border as they flee unrest in their Central American
homelands.
·
A little known college professor with tea
party-style conservative ideas pulls off a shocking defeat of House Majority
Leader Eric Cantor in a Virginia primary election.
A little known college professor with tea
party-style conservative ideas pulls off a shocking defeat of House Majority
Leader Eric Cantor in a Virginia primary election.
·
ISIS Islamic radicals sweep across western and
northern Iraq, using brutal tactics to take control of Fallujah, Mosul and
Tikrit. Along the way, they grab weapons (even some tanks) from fleeing Iraqi
troops and begin a march toward Baghdad.
ISIS Islamic radicals sweep across western and
northern Iraq, using brutal tactics to take control of Fallujah, Mosul and
Tikrit. Along the way, they grab weapons (even some tanks) from fleeing Iraqi
troops and begin a march toward Baghdad.
·
The Russians shut down the flow of gas into
Ukraine after battles between Ukrainian military and Russian separatists grow
more deadly.
The Russians shut down the flow of gas into
Ukraine after battles between Ukrainian military and Russian separatists grow
more deadly.
For any president, this is a tangled mess.
For a president who already suffers from poor approval ratings and a slow side
into lame duck status, it could be a disaster.
For a president who already suffers from poor approval ratings and a slow side
into lame duck status, it could be a disaster.
