them? we have all of the scandals and they are all about covering up. 75 percent of the american people believe the government is listening in on the phone calls. they believe it already. gregg: isn t the president giving stature and credibility to edward snowden and why in the world would he do that? because he is incompetent on this issue and the security services let this guy run amok part of doug s original answer: why is the president s rating so low? a main reason is there are no successes. there is nothing good happening from the government. he calls a success canceling the meeting with putin because of snow know and the president hauls off on national television and likens putin to a kid, a bored kid slopping in the classroom. what is the point of a personal insult? no point, and i have done a great deal of work in the former