{"id":24564,"date":"2014-05-01T16:52:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T21:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2014\/05\/01\/is-attacking-obamas-foreign-policy-a-winning-strategy\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:51:12","slug":"is-attacking-obamas-foreign-policy-a-winning-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2014\/05\/01\/is-attacking-obamas-foreign-policy-a-winning-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Attacking Obama\u2019s Foreign Policy a Winning Strategy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;by-andrew-kohut&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"by-andrew-kohut\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Andrew Kohut<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Obama wants you to know that he\u2019s doing his best on foreign policy. In striking comments Monday, he complained that his critics &#8211; mainly on the right &#8211; have got it all wrong when they say he\u2019s a weak leader who has diminished America\u2019s global standing.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/05\/FT_Foreign_Policy.png\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efefef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efefef;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"372\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/FT_Foreign_Policy.png?resize=353,372 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-32268 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/FT_Foreign_Policy.png\" alt=\"Modest partisan differences in views of U.S. role in solving world problems\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans, particularly would-be 2016 contenders from Chris Christie to Scott Walker to Marco Rubio, beg to differ. And they sense an opportunity to re-establish the GOP\u2019s longstanding edge on foreign policy, a position the party lost in the blood-stained sands of Iraq.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So why might this GOP critique not be a winning campaign theme? The problem is that even though the public clearly thinks the United States is slipping under weak, disengaged leadership, it too is disengaged from foreign affairs and holds very conflicted views on the subject, especially regarding what to do about world trouble spots.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/04\/is-attacking-obamas-foreign-policy-a-winning-strategy-106154.html#.U2KyH1ePaOt\">Read the full article in Politico Magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Republicans see foreign policy as a winning campaign theme given President Obama&#8217;s handling of recent international crises. 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