[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Chris

Now you're re-defining yourself.

"surely diminished, at least in this policy area" is much more specific, and IMO rather narrower, than "credibility issue" as you said earlier.

It was obvious that I was talking about immigration policy. I even spelled it out:

The credibility issue I was referring to was his promise in 2010 which he failed for 5 years to deliver on.