Dr. Steele describes multiculturalism as “a hazy ideology that prevents people from talking frankly about the real tensions and conflicts that arise from these immigration patterns.”
Why is President Obama leading in the polls? Let’s face it: Barack Obama’s presidency has been less than stellar.
This should be easy to admit, regardless of where one might stand on the political spectrum. Obama has failed to be uniter, as he promised, and has failed in his promises to cut the deficit or reduce unemployment. From a lack of sustainable economic progress to ineffective national security policies to the role that special interests play in government, the last four years have done anything but inspire hope.
Those on the left believe that most of these problems can be attributed to a recent groundswell of anti-progressive populism. Those on the right, meanwhile, say that big government and changing societal norms are to blame.
There are factual elements to both arguments, yet each is critically flawed.
Despite all of the strife which has befallen the United States as of late, Obama does indeed lead Mitt Romney in the national polls. Only a few years ago an incumbent president with Obama’s record would have been trailing his challenger by several points.
It is not Obama’s public speaking skills that are allowing him to defy historical trends, nor is it the hot-button social issues of yesteryear.
No, it is something far more substantial.
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