One of his major campaign issues - the closing of Gitmo - isn't so Hopeychangey anymore. American opinion is shifting. That's good news for our national safety, bad news for Obama. Tragic those two things are in opposition.
The reality of having international terrorists hanging out in local prisons, or just plain hanging out, is changing minds and fast.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of U.S. voters are at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free if the Guantanamo prison camp is closed and some prisoners are transferred to other countries. Fifty-six percent (56%) are very concerned.A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 24% are not concerned about the potential danger.
Support for the president’ s plan to close the prison camp for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba continues to erode. It’s been steadily dropping since Obama announced the camp closure just after taking office in January. Only 32% of voters now favor closing the prison camp, down six points from May and down 12 points since the President announced his decision in January.
Fifty-five percent (55%) now oppose closing the prison, with 13% not sure. In January, just after the president announced his decision, just 42% were opposed.
Ed Morrissey from HotAir adds this:
Obama has gone from a virtual dead heat on this question to a 23-point gap in just seven months. Even though Obama had run on the issue during the campaign, his rollout of the decision helped sap strength from his policy. More than halfway through to his goal, Obama still has no plans for the remaining Gitmo detainees, no decision on how to process them and adjudicate their cases, and has wound up right back to where Bush was in proposing indefinite detention under military auspices. The performance reeks of incompetence, which has hammered his support.
I have nothing left to add, except HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
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