Is This The Reason Why President Obama Made His Address To The Nation Wednesday Night?

Republicans Expand Edge as Better Party Against Terrorism -- Gallop

GOP also holds advantage as party better able to keep country prosperous.

PRINCETON, NJ -- The Republican Party has expanded its historical edge over the Democratic Party in Americans' minds as being better able to protect the U.S. from international terrorism and military threats. At this point, 55% of Americans choose the GOP on this dimension, while 32% choose the Democratic Party. This is the widest Republican advantage in Gallup's history of asking this question since 2002.

The latest update on this 12-year trend comes from Gallup's Sept. 4-7 Governance poll, finished just days before President Barack Obama's speech to the nation Wednesday night, in which he outlined his plans for addressing the challenges presented by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other international threats.

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My Comment: For a President who likes to boast that it was under his watch that "we got" Osama Bin Laden .... these poll numbers are devastating.