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A new CNN/Opinion Research poll finds Americans don't agree with former Vice President Dick Cheney's recent assertion that President Obama's actions have increased the chances of a terrorist attack against the United States.A whopping 72% of those questioned in the poll disagree with Cheney's view that some of Obama's actions have put the country at greater risk, with just 26% agreeing with the former vice presidentYou know what might be interesting? A serious story interviewing an array of terrorism experts at length and asking whether there's truth to Cheney's claims. You could even expand the scope of the question and ask prominent terrorism skeptics like John Mueller whether it even matters if Cheney's claims are true, or whether a slightly increased risk of terrorism is overwhelmed by the economic and diplomatic dangers posed by the Bush/Cheney approach.But no. Instead, CNN asks whether the median American agrees with Cheney's comment. Because the issue isn't whether Obama has actually opened up vulnerabilities. It's whether he's perceived to have done so. There's a sort of radical populism on display here that would almost be admirable if I was more certain that it was conscious.
