Well when you are winning in the polls, one would tend to argue that the majority of people agree with your opinions.
One bill with 4 republican co-sponsors is a proven track record of reaching across the aisle? This is the only bill he has managed to pass in the Senate to date, and I think we can all agree it is really not that meaningful in the larger picture. It certainly does not compare to John McCain's track record.
Reaching out to police groups is not "reaching across the aisle" either... but from what I understand about his time in the IL Senate, he simply added his name on as co-sponsors of bills and then tried to take it from there. What did he write and come up with in this regard?
I will give you that popular opinion of the US abroad is low right now. To say 100 years is kind of bogus, since we really have only taken an international lead post-WWII.
The US was never refused credit because for much of this time we were the creditor. In the Cold War the UN often gave the US a resounding no, with the exception of when the USSR boycotted the Security Council.
I also do not think it really knocks the US to say the UN said no, when we were then able to do it anyway, without fear of repercussion for the most part.
