Democrats Mounting Anxiety Over Pres?id?ent's Deni?al Of The Threat Of Ter?ror?ism

'The President's Assurances Are Being Contradicted By Events Around Him'
"The dis­con­nect between Pres­id­ent Obama and the Amer­ic­an pub­lic on the ur­gency of the IS­IS threat is a problem… The signs of a pres­id­ent in deni­al over the threat of ter­ror­ism keep pil­ing up." ("Democrats' Biggest Vulnerability In 2016: National Security," National Journal, 12/7/2015)

• "…in­stead of act­ing as a com­mand­er in chief, Obama has be­come a po­lar­izer in chief." ("Democrats' Biggest Vulnerability In 2016: National Security," National Journal, 12/7/2015)
• "Dur­ing a month when a hor­rif­ic ter­ror­ist at­tack killed 130 in Par­is and a homegrown, IS­IS-in­spired at­tack killed 14 in San Bern­ardino, Cali­for­nia, the Demo­crat­ic Party's ma­jor fo­cus has been on cli­mate change and gun con­trol." ("Democrats' Biggest Vulnerability In 2016: National Security," National Journal, 12/7/2015)
• "Demo­crats are at risk of polit­ic­ally mar­gin­al­iz­ing them­selves on na­tion­al se­cur­ity ...ca­ter­ing to a base that seems dis­con­nec­ted from the grow­ing anxi­ety that the pub­lic feels over the threat from Is­lam­ic ter­ror­ism." ("Democrats' Biggest Vulnerability In 2016: National Security," National Journal, 12/7/2015)

"When the pres­id­ent's as­sur­ances are be­ing con­tra­dicted by events around him, even his own party's rank-and-file be­come rest­ive." ("Democrats' Biggest Vulnerability In 2016: National Security," National Journal, 12/7/2015)

Senate Dems 'Scrambling,' Express 'Mounting Anxiety,' Speech 'Left Them Wanting More'
"Senate Democrats, who have long suffered the image of being weak on national security, are scrambling this week to push their own set of antiterrorism measures..." ("Obama's Plans to Stop ISIS Leave Many Democrats Wanting More," The New York Times, 12/8/2015)

"The mounting anxiety among Democrats about the president's strategy to defeat the Islamic State became clear in the wake of the attacks in Paris, when a number of Democratic lawmakers joined Republicans in questioning allowing Syrian refugees into the United States." ("Obama's Plans to Stop ISIS Leave Many Democrats Wanting More," The New York Times, 12/8/2015)

• "To some degree, Democrats say, the frustration with Mr. Obama is a continuation of the fruitless search for the prize fighter trapped in the body of the law professor, a persona that has dogged him for the better part of his presidency." ("Obama's Plans To Stop ISIS Leave Many Democrats Wanting More," The New York Times, 12/8/2015)
• "[S]enior [Obama administration] aides met behind closed doors with congressional Democrats in an attempt to ease their concerns, which fell flat." ("Obama's Plans to Stop ISIS Leave Many Democrats Wanting More," The New York Times, 12/8/2015)
• "Many of President Obama's Democratic allies in Congress say they do not believe he is being aggressive enough in confronting the terrorist threat of the Islamic State after last week's attacks in California, undermining Americans' sense of safety..." ("Obama's Plans to Stop ISIS Leave Many Democrats Wanting More," The New York Times, 12/8/2015)
• "Demo­crat­ic voters, mostly sup­port­ive of the pres­id­ent, are ex­press­ing real con­cerns about the ad­min­is­tra­tion's hand­ling of ter­ror­ism. A 43-per­cent plur­al­ity of Demo­crat­ic voters be­lieve the U.S. and its al­lies are 'los­ing' the war against IS­IS, ac­cord­ing to a Quin­nipi­ac poll con­duc­ted just be­fore the San Bern­ardino at­tack. A whop­ping 75 per­cent of Demo­crats said it's likely there will be an­oth­er ma­jor ter­ror­ist at­tack on Amer­ic­an soil, and 23 per­cent dis­ap­prove of Pres­id­ent Obama's hand­ling of ter­ror­ism." ("Democrats' Biggest Vulnerability In 2016: National Security," National Journal, 12/7/2015)

"Mr. Obama was looking increasingly detached from reality,(Editorial, "The President Plays Defense," The Wall Street Journal, 12/7/15)

• "Mr. Obama's address to the nation Sunday — which several congressional Democrats said was an idea they pushed — left them wanting more." ("Obama's Plans to Stop ISIS Leave Many Democrats Wanting More," The New York Times, 12/8/2015)

Top House Intelligence Committee Democrat: "When you interrupt the nation with an urgent and unscheduled statement from the Oval Office, or the White House, there's I think an expectation that the address will contain a new approach or a new element." ("Obama's Plans to Stop ISIS Leave Many Democrats Wanting More," The New York Times, 12/8/2015)

• "[Mr. Schiff] urged Mr. Obama to reconsider his staunch opposition to using American air power to create a 'buffer zone' inside Syria. 'I'm concerned with the pace of our progress,' he said." ("Obama's Plans to Stop ISIS Leave Many Democrats Wanting More," The New York Times, 12/8/2015)

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