Posted on 07/23/2007 1:09:44 PM PDT by tobyhill
American support for the war in Iraq has risen somewhat as the White House has continued to ask the public to reserve judgment about the war until General David Petraeus files his report in the fall. In a New York Times/CBS News poll conducted over the weekend, 42 percent of Americans said taking military action in Iraq was the right thing to do, while 51 percent said the United States should have stayed out of Iraq. Support had been at all time low in May, when only 35 percent of Americans said the United States’ involvement in Iraq was the right thing and 61 percent said the United States should have stayed out. Still, the latest poll made clear that a two-thirds majority of Americans continue to say the war is going badly. However, the number of people who say the war is going “very badly” has fallen from 45 percent earlier in July to a current reading of 35 percent, and of those who say it is going well, 29 percent now describe it as “somewhat well” compared to 23 percent just last week.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
You can bet the poll watching Party is terrified by this news. They are burning the phone lines on when to switch sides on the Surge.
Do Nothing Nancy has a front row seat at the Elevator Shaft.
Pray for W and Our Troops
I think that you may be confusing the thoughts/objectives of Joe Citizen with those of professional politicians and/or leftist political wonks.
There is no way one single rat can change sides on the Surge now. Especially Grand Speaker Rat Pelosi.
Yeah, that would be a poll with actual credibility. Of course, asking people’s opinions on something they actually know about might lead to - gasp - serious and helpful dialogue.
Colonel, USAFR
Bush needs to take a big calculated risk.
He needs to loudly and specifically say: "The reason we haven't been hit by more 911 type attacks is my policy of confronting the enemy on his home turf in Iraq. If they aren't busy dying in Iraq we will soon be busy dying in America. I know that people are tired of Iraq but people need to ask themselves: 'Am I tired of the security that the war in Iraq is buying us?'"
And imagine that any NYT Poll is 95% Democrat of which 62% have to prove they are card carrying Moveon.org members. That constitutes a fair and unbiased sample for the NYT/CBS Polling Samples.
IF THE RADICAL ISLAMISTS WANT OUR ENSLAVEMENT BY MEANS OF SUICIDE BOMBINGS, UNDER A WORLD WIDE CALIPHATE AND WE DO NOT OPPOSE THIS ENSLAVEMENT BY FORCE OF ARMS AS ALL FREE MEN..WHO LOVE LIBERTY...
ARE HONOR BOUND TO DO....
THEN ARE NOT PATRICK HENRY’S WORDS AS TRUE TODAY AS IN 1775?
‘Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take;
but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! ‘
....March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry?
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The DBM will cover for them... and so will the Hagel's, Snowe's... etc
So now these POS NYSlime jerks want wars based on polling for popularity? Give me a break.
Hey NYSlimes STFU!!
Well the Iranian backed Shite radical Clergy knew who to call and cry too, good olde Traitorous Biden, on the wrong side of right Biden every time.We know why he plagerized so often, he has a non to low functioning brain.
Well said.
Imagine what the real stats said.
If we abandon Iraq it will be seen as a disastrous mistake within two years...
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