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Re:Why a more transparent NSA would be good for Barack Obama by threeseed on Friday July 05, 2013 @10:28AM (#5994968)
He may have lost credibility with you but then again you don't speak for everyone.

The majority of the public support the programs and his approval rating has dropped but not significantly:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obam...

Re:Why a more transparent NSA would be good for Barack Obama by ianstallings on Friday July 05, 2013 @12:20PM (#5995535)
That link you posted claims that the majority, 52%, that disapprove of him. In fact that poll claims he's doing a bad job from what I can see.

Here's another link that shows more polls illustrating the point: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obam...

I think in general the approval rating for government is pretty low. Not sure if it's at it's all time low, we've had some pretty rough times, but it's not in great shape.

Re:Why a more transparent NSA would be good for Barack Obama by kimlelly on Friday July 05, 2013 @10:46AM (#5995050)
And even the degree of his credibility has become totally irrelevant.

It's the political _system_ that needs some very serious overhaul. Now, if this is possible without _major_ pain for the People, I'm not so sure anymore...