U.S. President Barack Obama pauses during a town hall meeting with young African leaders at the University of Johannesburg Soweto on Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The president is in South Africa, embarking on the second leg of his three-country African journey. The visit comes at a poignant time, with former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela ailing in a Johannesburg hospital. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
As he mulls whether or not to do more damage than he has already done as it relates to the NAACP request, President Obama should consider how the American people’s assessment of his leadership have fallen to their lowest level in over a year of regular tracking.