REPLIES TO THE CURRENT QUESTION

Our question last week was:

Some pundits say that President Obama reached a turning point last week with the GM bankruptcy and his controversial "outreach" to the Muslim world, and that his standing will now start to slip as Americans realize the implications of his policies.  Do you agree, and why?

Here are your answers.  The name of a writer is included only if he or she actually placed a name at the end of the message.  Otherwise, we assume the writer wished anonymity and "name withheld" is inserted.

We received only one reply, which is sad.  I realize that many readers save their comments for our Angel's Corner forum, which has so much traffic that we had to delay publishing some letters.  That's fine, but we'd like to see more participation in our Current Question feature.

I disagree.  Some other pundits say that President Obama still walks on water, just more carefully than in the past.  Public opinion, as measured by pollsters, is one of the least useful measures of anything meaningful in the statistical world.  To get an accurate result from a statistical sample requires far greater effort than is currently being used by the various media supported polls.  They are far more interested in a headline than statistical accuracy.

In truth, President Obama's turning point occurred on the first Tuesday in November.  That is when he quit being a candidate and was expected to become a performer.  Inauguration was just a hiccup on his path down hill.  When people wake up and look at President Obama's performance, they will realize that he has not yet started to perform.  Eventually, they will probably even realize that this is because he doesn't have the tools for the job and is incapable of performing.  Unfortunately, it may be too late for us to recover.

(Note to those reading this:   To make this forum a success, more people need to share their opinions.  I enjoy reading other people's opinions, even when I disagree with them.  But if it isn't here, I can't read it.  Come on in, the water's fine!)

Don Newell
Vancouver, WA