[Righty_McRight]

The poll was taken immediately after the speech, and the 323 adults interviewed were 50 percent Republican, 23 percent Democratic and 27 percent independent. The margin of error was plus or minus 6 percentage points.

I bet they wouldn't of given this breakdown if it had been 50% Democrat, and 23% republican.

[Paul Atreides]

"Many Americans did not watch the speech. Those who did were 2-to-1 Republican, so most were arguably already in the president's camp."

He'd better not walk around in the rain, without an umbrella; he might drown.

[hole_n_one]

lol!

[onyx]

Idiots. Like we watch CNN.

[dc-zoo]

That's some amazing numbers for cnn/gallup. I'm shocked! It really was a heartfelt speech.

[quantim]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432701/posts

74% NEGATIVE online CNN poll.  Hopefully this online poll nonsense will retire into the dustbin of Internet history.

[FlingWingFlyer]

"Many Americans did not watch the speech. Those who did were 2-to-1 Republican, so most were arguably already in the president's camp."

This tells me that the "anti-war" morons on the Left really don't care about Iraq. They are just out to bash America, President Bush and the U.S. military.

[Monti Cello]

50 percent Republican, 23 percent Democratic and 27 percent independent.

Sounds like the good ol' USA!

[A Citizen Reporter]

"Many Americans did not watch the speech. Those who did were 2-to-1 Republican, so most were arguably already in the president's camp."

Dear CNN,

How many are "Many Americans" who did NOT watch the speech? Does your poll quantify that? How do you know that those who did were 2-1 Republican?

How many watch CNN anymore?

[G Larry]

Don't ya love a nation that is learning to discern "Truth" and "Reality" by looking at poll results?

[tubebender]

were 50 percent Republican, 23 percent Democratic and 27 percent independent. The margin of error was plus or minus 6 percentage points.

My bet is the 27% independent were mostly of the 'rat party...

[Chuck54]

323 adults interviewed were 50 percent Republican, 23 percent Democratic and 27 percent independent

Could I see a show of hands for anyone who believes these 27 percent independents are really independents and not actually democrats trying to slew the polls? How many true "independents" do you know?

[Cultural Jihad]

A link to President Bush's speech

[Cinnamon Girl]

"Many Americans did not watch the speech. Those who did were 2-to-1 Republican"

That's because democrats prefer to stay in the dark so they can continue to shoot off their mouths out of ignorance.

[bray]

What if they gave a poll and it didn't turn out the way they needed??

Pray for W and Our Iraq Winning Troops

[RWR8189]

Gallup Ping

FReepmail me if you want to be on or off the list.

[LibertarianInExile]

I would like to see
1) how many were registered voters
2) how many were qualified independents and not left-leaning or right-leaning independents
3) the follow-up poll of all of them tomorrow asking them what they thought, again, having slept on it or heard about the speech.

[Common Tator]

There is a lot to be learned from history and what a president actually says in a speech. The important questiona are why did he say what he said and what does he hope to accomplilsh with his speech.

Click here for the 'tator take on the Democrats Speech Defect

I would urge all of us to remember that the President is student of history. He works very hard to do things that work while avoiding the mistakes of the past.

[Coop]

23 percent Democratic and 27 percent independent. The margin of error was plus or minus 6 percentage points. Another 28 percent said they were "somewhat positive" about what they heard, and 26 percent said they had a "negative" reaction.

Long story short, most indies found the speech positive. Mission accomplished.

[McGavin999]

Of course the president has a clear goal. That goal hasn't changed since we went in. We're closer to that goal, but we not there yet and it's amazing to me that the dems keep saying "he's not saying anything new". Well DUH!

When you're on a 5 mile walk and people ask you at the two mile mark if you're there yet, you can only answer no, it's a 5 mile walk. When they ask you again at the 3 mile mark, the answer is the same, and when they ask you again at the 3.5 mile mark, the answer is still the same. The answer is going to remain the same until you reach the goal.