The “anyone but Obama” crowd is getting larger and more strident

Jimmy Carter. History certainly appears to be repeating itself. 1980 couldn’t come soon enough, especially for me as I was then old enough to vote for the very first time for the greatest president certainly in my lifetime, and one of the 3 or 4 greatest of all time, Ronald Reagan.

Now, 2012 can’t come soon enough as I will vote in my 9th presidential election with the strong sentiment of, “anybody but Obama.” That sentiment is shared by a large and growing swath of the American public.

Four in 10 Americans “strongly” disapprove of how President Obama is handling the job of president in the new Washington Post-ABC News poll, the highest that number has risen during his time in office and a sign of the hardening opposition to him as he seeks a second term.

While the topline numbers are troubling enough, dig deeper into them and the news gets no better for Obama. Forty-three percent of independents — a group the president spent the better part of the last year courting — strongly disapprove of the job he is doing. Forty-seven percent of people 65 years of age and older — reliable voters in any election — strongly disapprove of how he is doing his job.

Strong opposition to Obama has grown markedly since the start of the year. Read the rest

Barack Obama, Done after one!