The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll reveals that, in the wake of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, 70 percent of Americans now believe that President Obama is steering the nation in the wrong direction.
Concerns about domestic terrorism and national security have more than doubled this year, Breitbart reports, and they are now are the top issue for 40 percent of Americans. About 71 percent of Americans say that the “shootings and random acts of violence that took place this year in Charleston, S.C., Oregon , Colorado, and the terrorist shootings in San Bernardino, California — are now are now a permanent part of American life.”
But Obama's response to the San Bernardino massacre by jihadists was to lecture the American people about their bigotry, push gun control, and jet off to the Paris climate change conference as a "powerful rebuke" to the terrorists. Only 7 percent of Americans rate climate change as their number one priority, which is a "powerful rebuke" to Obama's climate obsession and his refusal to do anything serious about terrorism.
In response to a question about taking military action against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, about 60 percent say they are ready to send in the military. Only a paltry 13 percent are opposed to direct intervention. Forty-two percent say the military should use both airstrikes and boots on the ground; 36 percent say it should be limited only to airstrikes; and just 12 percent say military action should not be taken.
The NBC/WSJ survey showed that the next most concerning issues are job creation and economic growth at 23 percent. The deficit and government spending are at 11 percent.
Unsurprisingly, the poll found a sharp partisan divide on the issues, with 58 percent of Republican primary voters saying national security/terrorism is their top concern, versus only 26 percent of Democratic primary voters. Democrats by 33 percent and Republicans by 12 percent rate economy/jobs as their top issue.
Only 43 percent of the American people approve of Obama's job performance as president. His disapproval rating has risen by 11 points since early summer, to 51 percent.
