The "Overeducated" and Barack Obama

Bush was in office for just 10 months before the 9/11 attack. I was Clinton who was in authority when something could have been done, and Clinton did nothing against the terrorists. He never even heard of Al Quaeda. And as for Obama, he still "extends his hand" to Arab militants who laugh at him. It was Bush who finally eliminated Al Quaeda, and who kept America safe for 7 years, until Barack took office, Then the terrorists understood that with Barack in office, it was safe to attack again.

it was safe to attack again.

I've been following multiple news sources closely and have (thus far, anyway) concluded that most of the poll-slipping is due to US Citizens desire that our problems be fixed now. We don't have much patience - which is certainly our right. In any case, as Obama was touted as the Savior of All (which was neither good for him nor our country), folks want to know "Where's the beef?", and they want everything fixed now! And of course... blame *must* be laid (yes, we are a nation of blame-layers).

It's such a farce; this whole notion that The President is the end-all-be-all damner and savior of all things that happen. Congress plays a HUGE part - folks seem to forget this. Take the economic collapse of late; market dynamics, spurious economic interests, over-speculation and poor credit management over millions of people caused this. But we must lay that "sin" (as if it was a single sin) on someone; we can't very well crucify the millions of players actually responsible, so we turn to politics and frown heartily. Ugh...

ough I can't see how or why Unfortunately, the point of the story (this stereotype) further perpetuates political polarization and plays to the "My Team!" mindset; bad, bad. There needs to come a time where party-affiliation is de-emphasized. I find it such a shame just how much party-loyalties hamstring our efforts to progress.

It is always safe to attack, a country cannot defend itself from infiltrators except, maybe, shutting down its borders. And even if countries could defend thenselves from terrorists properly, they would still be on the loss, since they would be spending an enormous amount of resources to defend thenselves against a tiny force, and all this tiny force needs to do is throw up a treat ever so often. Terrorists dont need to attack if they mere existence is enough to hurt the country.

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Well its the government's job to organize and regulate these players as to prevent the system from crashing...

A fascinating report tells us that President Obama has heavy support from those with graduate degrees, called, "the overeducated"; interesting description in itself. I don't know how to interpret it. Has anyone any ideas? Here is the report from AP.

Obama Still Loved By The Over-Educated






Sam Stein Sam Stein - Thu Jan 28, 5:29 pm ET
President Obama's popularity has slipped among a wide swath of the population. Among the nation's over-educated, however, he continues to do just fine.
Gallup surveyed more than 25,000 voters over the past calendar year and found that the president remains well-liked among those with multiple degrees.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents with a postgraduate degree approve of the job Obama is doing, according to the study, compared to 49 percent of college graduates, 46 percent of those with some college education and 50 percent with high school education or less.
Indeed, while Obama's standing has fallen among each of these four groups since taking office, it is the postgraduate bunch who has stayed most closely committed, even giving the president a slight uptick in approval ratings over the last month.
The findings feed into the stereotypical political narrative that those with an advanced education are decidedly liberal and that those who are decidedly liberal are committed to Democratic politicians. Gallup, in fact, makes such a conclusion itself.
Since he has become president, postgraduates have been among his more reliable supporters, backing him at higher levels than do those in other educational groups.
But the relationship between "educational attainment and support for Obama" is nuanced. For instance, black voters, regardless of their educational achievements, back Obama at roughly a 90 percent clip. But with non-Hispanic white voters, the gap is quite large when delineating by education level.
Fifty-four percent of non-Hispanic whites with a postgraduate degree favor the job Obama is doing. Just 38 percent of non-Hispanic whites with a high school education or less say the same thing.