elections. the height of president obama s victory in 2008 lifted votes with him. now it looks like stormy waters ahead. look at our latest nbc news wall street journal poll. a year ago president obama s approval rating among white voter who is will vote in these midterms, always older and whiter, if you will, 49% disapproval among white voters. today approval down to one-third. up to well past half. 56% among white voters. should democrats be afraid, and does a no-growth economy make things that much worse? we have managing editor of postpolitics.com. and jonathan alder has a great book out called the promise. it s a hell of a book. it s causing a lot of trouble for obama. he and joe biden seem to have different views about the outcome in afghanistan. that said, let s talk unemployment in the situation. look at the disapproval numbers
mid-term elections in november. they are coming up quick. the height of president obama s victory in 2008 lifted votes with him. now it looks like stormy waters ahead. look at our latest nbc news/ wall street journal poll. these numbers tell you quite a bit. a year ago president obama s approval rating among white voter who is will vote in these midterms, always older and whiter, if you will, 49% disapproval among white voters 40%. today approval down to one-third, 36% and 56% among white voters. should democrats be afraid, and does a no-growth economy make things that much worse? the washington post s chris cillizza joijs joins us and jonathan alter has a new book out called the promise. it s a hell of a book. it s causing a lot of trouble for obama. he and joe biden seem to have different views about the outcome in afghanistan. that said, let s talk unemployment in the situation. look at the disapproval numbers
deserts, and stormy waters. you have left your families, charged into danger, faced down your en moes and bore the scars and wounds of war. each of you took an oath to support and defend the constitution. with that oath you pledged your honor and your very lives for our great nation. every veteran here today is part of a long unbroken chain of american heroes. we salute your service, the american legion not only remembers history, you help keep history alive. [ applause ] president: you teach young americans to have pride in our history so they will have confidence in our future.
treacherous jungles, barren deserts, and stormy waters. you ve left your families, charged into danger, faced down your enemies, and bore the scars and wounds of war. each of you took an oath to support and defend the constitution. with that oath, you pledged your honor and your very lives for our great nation. every veteran here today is part of a long, unbroken chain of american heroes. we salute your service. the american legion not only remembers history, you help keep history alive. you teach young americans to have pride in our history so
and sacrificed, and sometimes experienced great discrimination, to build that better life for the next generation, they passed on that faith to their children, and to their children s children, and inheritance that their great great great grandchildren, like me, still carry with them. we call it the american dream. it s the dream that falmouth carney was attracted to when he went to america. it s the dream that drew my own father to america from a small village in africa. it s a dream that we ve carried forward, sometimes through stormy waters, sometimes at great cost, for more than two