The panel on Wednesday's 'Morning Joe' painted a depressing picture for the President and the Democratic Party as the President prepared to give his address to the nation about ISIS. Chuck Todd emphasized the importance of Obama's speech by commenting, "He's on the precipice of doing Jimmy Carter-like damage to the Democratic brand on foreign policy."

Mika Brzezinski introduced the discussion by reminding the panel that Wednesday's speech was Obama's moment, something that's been opined about the President many times before:

Brzezinski: We have been before presidential address saying this is his moment, this is his moment, and we're saying it again, this is his moment, especially on this issue. If you look at the numbers we're going to be talking about again, I think people are ready to hear what he has to say, but he does have to bring it. We have NBC news political director, moderator of "Meet The Press," Chuck Todd with us.

Scarborough: Chuck, the polls are really shocking. They’re shocking on two sides, one how a war-weary nation is now ready to go all in against ISIS. Even 34% of Americans say put boots on the ground. Secondly, how badly the President's numbers have suffered, I'd say temporarily, but they have suffered because he’s been seen as dragging his feet in this crisis.

Todd: It's not just him. It's actually impacting the entire Democratic party. We did some issue-testing between who better handles which issues, Democrats or Republicans, took out Obama. Republicans lead by 38 points on the issue of ensuring a strong national defense. He's on the precipice of doing Jimmy Carter-like damage to the Democratic brand on foreign policy.