economy and it would have brought i think other presidents down. but by the combination of people s like of him and their trust of him coupled with the greatest voter mobilization ever in history, he was able to be re-elected. now i think these chickens are all coming home to roost. the whopper about you can keep your plan, you can keep your doctor, you can keep your hospital is the big weapon that s hurting badly. but there s an accumulation of things that have caused people to lose trust. now that it s lost as a million other people have already said, megyn, it s very hard to regain it. and do you think, britt, because there s been so much talk in the country about whether we re more politically divided than ever. is that playing into it, that the country is so adamantly opposed to one another, we ve got cable news wars. is that causing president obama to be in a worse situation than prior presidents? well, perhaps, but look, it s been this way for a while. and the polarized elec
get this punch line moment. you saw the story and talked about it over the weekend in the washington post oh, yeah, we delayed and moved a bunch of stuff so that we could get re-elected and now we re re-elected, we re laying it down. obamacare is the rube rick for all of it. people see how that fits in it but it all becomes a part. when the president i m looking out for you, i don t think americans will believe that anymore. you raise a good point. who was standing there to say hold on, hold on, uncle sam and technology companies, there s a third party that s supposed to be in the room, and that s us. chris, good to see you. you bet. since world war ii only one president has had a worse job approval number at this point in his presidency versus president obama, and that president resigned. britt hume is here with that that means. plus a marine s career hangs in the balance after he tried to warn, he tried to warn of a threat that did wind up costing
people who are adhering to the other party who are not going to like him no matter what he does. so you begin with a base of people, 25%, 30% of the people who are going to be against you. if you lose ground among independents and members of your own party, you re in a lot of trouble in a hurry and that s what s happened with this president. he s lost ground with democrats. in addition to this obamacare mess which i think has affected democrats, you have other things. the surveillance programs, for example, that a lot of democrats don t like. the libertarian right doesn t like it either, a lot of liberals don t like it, so these things have fed into the generalized loss of support that you see. and as i say, it s been pretty abrupt. britt, good to see you. thank you, megyn. we told you at the top of the hour how congress wants our vets to take a hit on their retirement pay going forward. you know washington found money for this. we didn t believe the story we didn t believe o
go national. go like a pro. tonight a new poll linking president obama to the tarnished legacy of one of america s most controversial presidents. the latest washington post /abc news poll reveals only one president has had a worst job approval rating at this point in his presidency and that president was richard nixon, who later resigned under threat of near certain impeachment. you can see he was at 29%. that s not good. president obama looks pretty good by comparison, he s at 43%. but compared to the ones above, not so much, britt hume, even though people love president nixon, you never want to see that split screen. you don t want to see your approval rating being linked to his, britt. well, when you re president obama and you re doing as badly as he s been doing, he wouldn t
get this punch line moment. you saw the story and talked about it over the weekend in the washington post oh, yeah, we delayed and moved a bunch of stuff so that we could get re-elected and now we re re-elected, we re laying it down. obamacare is the rube rick for all of it. people see how that fits in it but it all becomes a part. when the president i m looking out for you, i don t think americans will believe that anymore. you raise a good point. who was standing there to say hold on, hold on, uncle sam and technology companies, there s a third party that s supposed to be in the room, and that s us. chris, good to see you. you bet. since world war ii only one president has had a worse job approval number at this point in his presidency versus president obama, and that president resigned. britt hume is here with that that means. plus a marine s career hangs in the balance after he tried to warn, he tried to warn of a threat that did wind up costing