Poll: Americans Not Happy With Obama, Ebola Gets Confusing, U.S. Ranks 20 on Gender Gap Index: P.M. Links

Most Americans think the U.S.
is headed in the wrong direction and are
not happy with Barack Obama’s job as president, according to a
new poll. Obama has been mostly staying out of the public eye
during the midterm election, but he’s in Wisconsin today trying to

help his party oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker. Meanwhile,
Walker’s
grappling with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R).
Try to keep up, or you might die: The Center for Disease
Control
released new Ebola guidelines about avoiding large groups and
commercial travel, the U.S. military is
isolating soldiers sent to Africa even if they exhibit no signs
of the virus, but Obama is
criticizing states for doing so, and Press Secretary Josh
Earnest says blame
James Madison and states’ rights. The other Dallas nurse who
caught Ebola
is clear and has been released, so that’s good.
The U.S. ranks #20 (three
spots better than last year) on the World Economic Forum’s
Gender Gap Index.
A PBS documentary that airs today argues the Obama
administration “did almost nothing” when it had
early intelligence reports about ISIS. Now,
Iraqi Kurds are marching into Syria.
Russia announced that it will
recognize the outcome of voting (spoiler: It’s rigged and
Kremlin puppets win) next week in the territories it’s occupying in
Ukraine. Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) says Obama’s soft, and that
Bush would’ve “punched
[Putin] in the nose” if he had tried pulling any of that crap
on his watch. Well, ya know, except for that whole Georgia
incident…
Kim Jong-un six-week absence was due to a
cyst-removal surgery, according to South Korean
intelligence.