39% Say Withdraw Troops From Iraq (46% Say NO)

**FORD** · 08-28-2005, 10:57 PM

Sure would like to see the actual questions asked and a sampling of the actual answers on something like this.

I'd be willing to bet that the 39% was for immediate witdrawal of the troops and that at least half of the other number mentioned things like timetables and exit strategies. There's no fucking way that 46% are still drinking BCE/PNAC KoolAid when Junior's approval rating is at 36%.

Those numbers add up like a Diebold database.

**blueturk** · 08-28-2005, 11:18 PM

Poll Numbers And History - Something For Dubya To Cling To

Pulling the troops out now isn't even realistic at this point in time. There are conflicting reports on the number of Iraqi's who are properly trained, and now there's a constitution to fight over. Obviously we're going to be over there for a while, and most Americans realize that.But the majority of them are starting to realize that it was a crock of shit to invade Iraq in the first place. Of course, a lot of us knew that to start with. But who knows? 54 years from now Bush might be regarded as a great president. But I seriously doubt it...

http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/13485012p-14325711c.html

Polls slam Bush, but history has final say
By James Rosen -- Bee Washington Bureau

Published 2:15 am PDT Sunday, August 28, 2005

WASHINGTON - As his approval numbers sink during these dog days of August, President Bush might take solace by reflecting on the roller-coaster ride through history taken by one of his predecessors.
In April 1951, shortly after he removed Gen. Douglas MacArthur from command of U.S. troops in Korea, Harry Truman hit an all-time low in presidential popularity: Only 23 percent of his countrymen approved of the Missourian's job performance.

Yet today, Truman regularly shows up as a top 10 president in scholarly polls of historians and broad surveys of Americans alike, who recognize that the Marshall Plan and NATO, key marks of his administration, helped rebuild Europe and contributed to the Western allies' victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War.
"History not yet written will determine how Bush will be viewed a half-century from now," said Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin. "But in the short run of politics that matters day to day, Iraq is clearly a big negative weight dragging him down and potentially threatening to drag down the Republican Party in midterm elections next year."

August is normally a slow, sultry month when political news grinds to a halt and U.S. presidents join other Americans in enjoying hard-earned vacations.

But this August has broken the mold, as Cindy Sheehan and like-minded anti-war protesters dominate the media spotlight amid continuing violence and political upheaval in Iraq.

In three opinion surveys last week, Bush's approval reached the nadir of his 67 months in office - 40 percent in the Gallup Poll and the Harris Poll, 36 percent according to the American Research Group. In two of the surveys, clear majorities of Americans now consider Bush's decision to invade Iraq in March 2003 to have been a mistake.

Having gained re-election in November by defeating Sen. John Kerry, Bush needn't worry about the judgment of American voters again. Many analysts, though, say his fellow Republicans, especially House members who face midterm election campaigns already under way in some districts, fear a reverse coattail drag from Bush and his stay-the-course defiance on Iraq.

In addition to the president's bad polling numbers, Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican and possible 2008 presidential candidate, fanned those fears a week ago by comparing the Iraq war to Vietnam. And Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld didn't help matters Tuesday by committing more U.S. troops to Iraq in advance of October elections - and predicting that insurgents he once dismissed as "a few thugs" would likely step up their attacks in the coming weeks.

Alan Abramowitz, a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta, said the results of a recent special congressional election in Ohio sent shock waves through GOP ranks across the country.

In the Buckeye State's heavily Republican 2nd District, which Bush carried overwhelmingly in November, GOP candidate Jean Schmidt narrowly defeated Democrat Paul Hackett, a Marine veteran who returned from combat duty in Iraq to run a vigorous anti-war campaign.

"That sends a frightening message to Republican congressmen across the country who have to face the voters next year," Abramowitz said.

"What's driving Bush's approval rating down is the perception that Bush's happy talk about progress in Iraq is becoming less and less credible. It contradicts what people see every day when they turn on the TV."

In the fickle vicissitudes of presidential ranking, Bush has already experienced some uncommon highs and lows.

During the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Bush's approval rating hit 90 percent, the highest recorded since Gallup began taking that opinion measure in 1939.

Yet, Bush's approval ratings in January 2001 and January this year - both in the mid-50s - were the lowest such marks of any newly elected president since the start of World War II.

Compared with the nine presidents who preceded him, Bush's average approval rating of around 50 percent puts him in the lower middle of the pack, with only Republicans Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter behind him.

Yet most of those predecessors endured periods when their approval ratings sank lower than Bush's has hit yet, from his father's low of 29 percent to the 35 percent mark hit by both Democrat Lyndon Johnson and Republican Ronald Reagan.

During an abbreviated term cut short by assassination, Democrat John F. Kennedy holds the mark for both the highest average mark - 70 percent - and the highest low rating, 56 percent. Americans routinely count him as one of the country's greatest presidents, but historians and political scientists often rank him lower.

Despite his impeachment over the Monica Lewinsky scandal, President Clinton finished his two-term tenure at a 65 percent approval rating - the highest ever for an outgoing president.

Franklin, the University of Wisconsin political scientist, said Bush's current low approval numbers should be especially troubling to him because they come so soon after he enjoyed major legislative triumphs.

Before adjourning for the summer, Congress passed a massive energy bill and approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement, two key measures Bush had pushed since first taking office.

Bush is partly to blame for his failure to get political credit for those congressional votes, Franklin said, because he focused so much this year on adding private accounts to Social Security, a bold initiative that has made little headway on Capitol Hill.

Franklin compares Bush's push on Social Security to Clinton's unsuccessful drive early in his first term to overhaul the country's health care system. Both reform efforts enjoyed early support among Americans, Franklin said, but steadily lost ground as their details became known and opponents piled on.

Like other experts, Franklin also compares Bush's resolve on Iraq to Johnson's refusal to back down on the U.S. military venture in Vietnam. Iraq now presents Bush with a similar dilemma Johnson faced 40 years ago.

"If presidents compromise the credibility of our military commitments with short-term troop withdrawals and a Vietnam or an Iraq falls into chaos, then it becomes an utter failure of U.S. policy," Franklin said. "But if the troops remain and casualties mount, they face declining popularity and approval ratings."

**Cathedral** · 08-29-2005, 12:53 AM

I have serious concerns that any Government that is installed there will not stand for long and for one reason, It's an American Puppet Regime.

Right now i don't think there is a timeline worth worrying about.
As soon as we pull out the entire country will errupt in a Civil War no matter when the troops leave.
It may even begin before a pull out which will just suck our troops in like a vacume, they'll be caught in the middle.
They'll have to fight for their lives just to try and stay neutral.

Although i strongly feel we could win this war, the lack of planning and preparation from the start has just made the job tougher, longer and more dangerous for our soldiers.
That in my mind will be Bush's Legacy, and right now i don't see him as a good President at all for anyone who actually works for a living and makes less than a Million per year.

He snowballed me, and i'm not happy about that at all.
But every person i vote for in the future will have that hurdle to jump to get my vote be them a Democrat or a Republican.

I took a couple of Bush's flipping the bird pics to show my Mom and her husband, then added the comment, "He's some Christian man of faith, ain't he?"

Would you believe it, they tried to make excuses for the man's behavior.
I wonder what flavor the kool aide was they choked on, lol.

Talk about sheep, I'm related by blood to a pretty hard core BushSheep who's mind is completely closed.
"God put him in office, son", lmmfao....BULLSHIT on that too.....

**FORD** · 08-29-2005, 01:06 AM

So God works for Cruella Harris?

**Cathedral** · 08-29-2005, 01:09 AM

LMMFAO @ Cruella Harris!

By the way, did that bitch get a face lift or something?
She looks a bit more shaggable these days, and i'm not just saying that because she reminds me of an old girlfriend either, lol.

My woman was prettier, but similar in features.

**rustoffa** · 08-29-2005, 01:22 AM

Originally posted by Cathedral
As soon as we pull out the entire country will errupt in a Civil War no matter when the troops leave.
It may even begin before a pull out which will just suck our troops in like a vacume, they'll be caught in the middle.
They'll have to fight for their lives just to try and stay neutral.

It's already happening. Got any of those old "HEY IRAN!" bumper stickers with the dude shooting the bird?

Fuck, I need to go talk to a screenprinter.

**Cathedral** · 08-29-2005, 01:54 AM

Nope, I don't do bumper stickers on my cars, lol.

But i have been wanting to paint my van up in a theme of some sort.
Now you got my wheels spinning, rustoffa.

Now if i can just get Katherine Harris out of my head.
I came across this picture of here and man, she looks quite doable to me.
Just look at those tits, man!
And she's lookin mighty fine in those jeans, lol.

I'd do her..........

**rustoffa** · 08-29-2005, 02:16 AM

Originally posted by Cathedral
Nope, I don't do bumper stickers on my cars, lol.

But i have been wanting to paint my van up in a theme of some sort.
Now you got my wheels spinning, rustoffa.

Now if i can just get Katherine Harris out of my head.
I came across this picture of here and man, she looks quite doable to me.
Just look at those tits, man!
And she's lookin mighty fine in those jeans, lol.

I'd do her..........

Keep the whore, lose the horse.
:D

**Cathedral** · 08-29-2005, 02:45 AM

That's a given, I have no use for a horse these days, lol.

**Hardrock69** · 08-29-2005, 02:47 AM

I would do her (not the horse, that is Jesterstar's domain)....

**Hardrock69** · 08-29-2005, 02:48 AM

Well, the above numbers mean nothing. One can be against the war, yet realize "immediate withdrawal" would be the wrong thing to do.

BBB is grasping at straws.

**DrMaddVibe** · 08-29-2005, 07:34 AM

John McCain to Chuck Hagel: Iraq Not Vietnam

Sen. John McCain rebuked his Senate colleague and good friend Chuck Hagel on Sunday, saying that the Nebraska Republican was wrong to claim last week that Iraq was becoming another Vietnam.

"Chuck Hagel is one of my dearest and best friends and will always be that," McCain told CBS's "Face the Nation." "We just have an honest disagreement here."

McCain said that in contrast to Iraq, South Vietnam "never had a legitimate government in Saigon that the people believed in and trusted."

The Vietnam war also featured "superpower engagement in a huge way," McCain added. "We have a problem [in Iraq] with the Syrians, but nothing like what the Chinese and Russians were doing with the North Vietnamese," he said

Another difference, said McCain: "If we fail in Iraq, the results will be cataclysmic. You'll see factionalization and eventual Muslim extremism and terrorist breeding grounds that I believe will pose a direct threat to the security of the United States."

"The whole situation is just very, very different," the Arizona Republican argued.

Last week, Sen. Hagel encouraged opponents of the Iraq war by claiming, "We are locked into a bogged down problem not unsimilar, dissimilar to where we were in Vietnam."

McCain also declined an invitation from "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer to repeat his earlier criticism of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

"It does not help in any way for me to get into some kind of a fight with the secretary of defense, since he is there," McCain said, after Schieffer asked about his statement last year that he had "lost confidence" in Rumsfeld.

"We're in a crucial time in our history," McCain said. "I think that I will do everything in my power to work with the secretary of defense. His continuance - or non-continuance in office - is up to the president. And I'll support the president."

**Nickdfresh** · 08-29-2005, 07:54 AM

Iraq

http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm

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    events in Iraq, have made the United States much 
    more respected, somewhat more respected, somewhat less
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    "In view of the developments since we first sent 
    our troops to Iraq, do you think the United States made a mistake in sending 
    troops to Iraq, or not?" 
    Form A (N=481,
    MoE ±
    5)

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    .
  
  
    
    
    
    Made a

    Mistake
    
    Did Not
    Make a
    Mistake
    
    

    Unsure
    
     
    
    
     
    
  

    
    
    
    %
    
    %
    
    %

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    



8/5-7/05



    
    54

    
    44
    
    2
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    



    7/22-24/05



    
    46
    
    53
    
    1

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    



    6/24-26/05



    
    53

    
    46
    
    1
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    



    4/29 - 5/1/05



    
    49
    
    48
    
    3

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    



    3/18-20/05



    
    46

    
    51
    
    3
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    



    2/25-27/05



    
    47
    
    51
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    



    2/4-6/05



    
    45

    
    55
    
    -
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    



    1/14-16/05



    
    52
    
    47
    
    1

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    



    
    1/7-9/05



    

    50
    
    48
    
    2
    
     

    
    
     
    
  
    



    

    
    
    11/19-21/04



    
    47
    

    51
    
    2
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    



    
    
    10/29-31/04



    
    44
    
    52
    
    4

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    



    
    10/22-24/04



    

    47
    
    51
    
    2
    
     

    
    
     
    
  
    



    

    
    10/14-16/04



    
    47
    
    52

    
    1
    
     
    
    
     
    

  
    



    
    
    10/9-10/04



    
    46
    
    53
    
    1
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    
    10/1-3/04



    
    48
    

    51
    
    1
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    
    
    
    9/24-26/04
    
    42

    
    55
    
    3
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    
    
    
    
    9/3-5/04

    
    38
    
    57
    
    5
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    
    

    
    8/23-25/04
    
    48
    
    50
    

    2
    
     
    
    
     
    
  

    
    
    
    7/30 - 8/1/04
    
    47
    
    51

    
    2
    
     
    
    
     
    

  
    
    
    7/19-21/04
    
    50
    
    47

    
    3
    
     
    
    
     
    

  
    
    
    
    7/8-11/04
    
    54
    

    45
    
    1
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    
    
    
    6/21-23/04
    
    54

    
    44
    
    2
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    
    
    
    6/3-6/04
    

    41
    
    58
    
    1
    
     

    
    
     
    
  
    
    
    
    5/7-9/04

    
    44
    
    54
    
    2
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    
    

    4/16-18/04
    
    42
    
    57
    
    1

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    

    1/12-15/04
    
    42
    
    56
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    

    11/3-5/03
    
    39
    
    60
    
    1

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    

    10/6-8/03
    
    40
    
    59
    
    1

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    

    7/7-9/03
    
    27
    
    72
    
    1

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    

    3/24-25/03
    
    23
    
    75
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    .
  
  

    
    
    "All in all, do you think it was worth going to war in 
    Iraq, or not?" 
    
    Form B (N=523,
    MoE ±
    5)
    

    
    Wording, 6/03-12/03: 
    
    "All in 
    all, do you think the situation in Iraq was worth going to war over, or not?"
    Wording prior to 6/03: 
    

    
    "All 
    in all, do you think the current situation in Iraq is worth going to war 
    over, or not?"
  
  
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    .
  
  
    

    
    
    Worth
    Going
    To War
    
    Not
    Worth

    Going
    To War
    
    
    Unsure
    
     

    
    
     
    
  
    
    
    
    %

    
    %
    
    %
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    



8/5-7/05



    
    44
    
    54
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    



    7/7-10/05



    
    44

    
    53
    
    3
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    


6/29-30/05



    
    46
    
    52
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    


6/6-8/05



    
    42
    

    56
    
    2
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    



    


4/29 - 5/1/05



    
    41
    
    57
    
    2
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    



    4/1-2/05



    
    45
    

    53
    
    2
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    



    
    
    2/7-10/05



    
    48
    
    50
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    
    1/3-5/05



    
    46

    
    52
    
    2
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    
    
    10/9-10/04



    
    44
    
    54
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    
    
    9/3-5/04



    
    49

    
    48
    
    3
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    
    
    

    8/23-25/04



    
    51
    
    46
    

    3
    
     
    
    
     
    
  

    



    
    
    8/9-11/04



    

    49
    
    48
    
    3
    
     

    
    
     
    
  
    



    

    
    7/8-11/04



    
    47
    
    50

    
    3
    
     
    
    
     
    

  
    



    
    
    6/21-23/04



    
    46
    
    51
    
    3
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    
    6/3-6/04



    
    46
    

    52
    
    2
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    



    
    
    5/21-23/04



    
    45
    
    52
    
    3

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    
    5/7-9/04



    
    44

    
    54
    
    2
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    
    
    5/2-4/04



    
    50
    
    47
    
    3

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    
    4/16-18/04



    
    52

    
    46
    
    2
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    
    
    4/5-8/04



    
    50
    
    47
    
    3

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    3/26-28/04



    
    56
    

    41
    
    3
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    



    
    3/5-7/04



    
    55
    
    43
    
    2
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    1/29 - 2/1/04



    
    49
    
    49

    
    2
    
     
    
    
     
    

  
    



    
    1/9-11/04



    

    59
    
    38
    
    3
    
     

    
    
     
    
  
    



    

    12/15-16/03



    
    65
    
    33
    

    2
    
     
    
    
     
    
  

    



    
    12/5-7/03



    
    59

    
    39
    
    2
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    
    11/14-16/03



    
    56
    
    42
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    11/3-5/03



    
    54
    

    44
    
    2
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    



    
    10/24-26/03



    
    54
    
    44
    
    2
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    10/6-8/03



    
    55
    
    44

    
    1
    
     
    
    
     
    

  
    



    
    9/19-21/03



    

    50
    
    48
    
    2
    
     

    
    
     
    
  
    



    

    9/8-10/03



    
    58
    
    40
    

    2
    
     
    
    
     
    
  

    



    
    8/25-26/03



    
    63

    
    35
    
    2
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    
    7/25-27/03



    
    63
    
    34
    
    3

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    7/18-20/03



    
    63
    

    35
    
    2
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    



    
    6/27-29/03



    
    56
    
    42
    
    2
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    4/14-16/03



    
    73
    
    23

    
    4
    
     
    
    
     
    

  
    



    
    4/9/03



    

    76
    
    19
    
    5
    
     

    
    
     
    
  
    



    

    4/7-8/03



    
    67
    
    30
    

    3
    
     
    
    
     
    
  

    



    
    3/24-25/03



    
    68

    
    29
    
    3
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    
    1/3-5/03



    
    53
    
    42
    
    5

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    .
  
  

    
    
    
    "In general, how would you say things are going 
    for the U.S. in Iraq: very well, moderately well, moderately badly, or very 
    badly?" 
    Options rotated. 
    N=1,004,
    MoE ±
    3.

    
    
    Wording prior to 3/04: "How would you say 
    things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now that the major fighting has ended: 
    very well, moderately well, moderately badly, or very badly?"
  
  
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    .
  

  
    
    
    
    Very
    Well
    
    Moderately

    Well
    
    Moderately
    Badly
    
    Very
    Badly

    
    
    Unsure
    
  
    
    
    

    %
    
    %
    
    %
    
    %

    
    %
    
  
    



    





8/5-7/05



    
    5
    
    38

    
    28
    
    28
    
    1
    

  
    





    

    
4/29 - 5/1/05





    
    6
    
    36
    
    31

    
    25
    
    2
    
  
    





    



    3/18-20/05





    
    8
    
    44
    
    24
    

    21
    
    3
    
  
    





    



    2/4-6/05





    

    13
    
    40
    
    28
    
    18

    
    1
    
  
    





    



    1/7-9/05





    
    5
    

    35
    
    29
    
    30
    
    1

    
  
    





    



    12/5-8/04





    
    6
    
    34
    

    26
    
    33
    
    1
    
  

    





    



    
    9/24-26/04





    
    4
    
    42
    

    27
    
    25
    
    2
    
  

    





    
    
    8/9-11/04





    
    5
    
    40
    
    28

    
    25
    
    2
    
  
    





    
    
    7/8-11/04





    

    5
    
    35
    
    30
    
    29

    
    1
    
  
    





    

    
    6/3-6/04





    
    6
    

    34
    
    35
    
    25
    
    -

    
  
    





    
    
    5/21-23/04





    
    7
    
    35
    

    26
    
    31
    
    1
    
  

    





    
    
    5/2-4/04





    
    4
    
    33
    
    32

    
    30
    
    1
    
  
    





    
    
    4/5-8/04





    

    5
    
    30
    
    31
    
    33

    
    1
    
  
    





    

    3/5-7/04





    
    9
    
    46

    
    28
    
    15
    
    2
    

  
    





    
    11/3-5/03





    
    4
    
    34
    
    34

    
    27
    
    1
    
  
    





    
    10/6-8/03





    
    6

    
    36
    
    34
    
    24
    

    -
    
  
    





    
    9/8-10/03





    
    6
    
    41
    

    31
    
    21
    
    1
    
  

    





    
    8/25-26/03





    
    6
    
    44
    
    30
    

    19
    
    1
    
  
    





    
    7/25-27/03





    
    10

    
    46
    
    28
    
    15
    

    1
    
  
    





    
    7/18-20/03





    
    6
    
    48
    

    30
    
    15
    
    1
    
  

    





    
    6/27-29/03





    
    5
    
    51
    
    29
    

    13
    
    2
    
  
    





    
    5/30 - 6/1/03





    
    11

    
    59
    
    22
    
    7
    

    1
    
  
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    .
  
  
    
    
    "Which 
    comes closest to your view about what the U.S. should now do about the 
    number of U.S. troops in Iraq? 

    The U.S. should send more troops to Iraq.
    The U.S. should keep the number of troops as it is 
    now. The 
    U.S. 
    should withdraw some troops from Iraq.

    OR, The U.S. should withdraw all of its troops 
    from Iraq."
    
    
    
     
    Options rotated. 

    N=1,004,
    MoE ±
    3.
  
  
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    .
  
  
    

    
    
    Send
    More
    
    Same as
    Now

    
    Withdraw
    Some
    
    Withdraw
    All
    

    
    Unsure
    
  
    
    
    
    %

    
    %
    
    %
    
    %
    

    %
    
  
    



    





8/5-7/05



    
    13
    
    28

    
    23
    
    33
    
    3
    

  
    





    


6/6-8/05





    
    10
    
    26
    
    31

    
    28
    
    5
    
  
    





    



    2/4-6/05





    
    10
    
    38
    
    32
    

    17
    
    3
    
  
    





    



    1/14-16/05





    

    24
    
    26
    
    21
    
    25

    
    4
    
  
    





    



    9/24-26/04





    
    21
    

    35
    
    21
    
    18
    
    5

    
  
    





    
    
    6/3-6/04





    
    18
    
    30
    

    23
    
    27
    
    2
    
  

    





    
    
    5/7-9/04





    
    25
    
    24
    
    18

    
    29
    
    4
    
  
    





    
    
    4/16-18/04





    

    33
    
    25
    
    16
    
    21

    
    5
    
  
    





    

    4/5-8/04





    
    20
    
    29

    
    18
    
    28
    
    5
    

  
    





    
    1/2-5/04





    
    11
    
    40
    
    29

    
    16
    
    4
    
  
    





    
    12/15-16/03





    
    14

    
    40
    
    27
    
    15
    

    4
    
  
    





    
    12/5-7/03





    
    22
    
    33
    

    25
    
    17
    
    3
    
  

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    
    
    "Do you think the war with Iraq has made the U.S. 
    safer or less safe from 
    terrorism?" 

    
    Form A (N=481,
    MoE ±
    5)
  
  
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    .
  
  

    
    
    
    Safer
    
    Less Safe
    
    

    No Change
    (vol.)
    
    
    Unsure
    

    
     
    
  
    
    
    
    %

    
    %
    
    %
    
    %
    

    
     
    
  
    



    





8/5-7/05



    
    34
    
    57

    
    6
    
    3
    
    
     
    

  
    



    



    7/7-10/05



    
    40
    
    54
    
    5
    

    1
    
    
     
    
  
    



    


6/29-30/05



    
    44
    

    39
    
    13
    
    4
    
    

     
    
  
    



    


6/24-26/05



    
    43
    
    46
    
    8

    
    3
    
    
     
    
  
    



    


10/1-3/04



    
    47

    
    45
    
    5
    
    3
    

    
     
    
  
    



    



6/21-23/04



    
    37
    
    55
    

    6
    
    2
    
    
     
    
  

    



    


3/5-7/04



    
    50

    
    37
    
    10
    
    3
    

    
     
    
  
    



    



12/15-16/03



    
    56
    
    33
    

    9
    
    2
    
    
     
    
  

    



    


11/14-16/03



    
    48

    
    43
    
    7
    
    2
    

    
     
    
  
    



    
    10/24-26/03



    
    45
    
    43
    
    10

    
    2
    
    
     
    
  
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    .
  

  
    
    
    
    "Do you think the war with Iraq will make the U.S. 
    safer or less safe from terrorism in the long run?" 
    
    Form B (N=523,
    MoE ±
    5)

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    .
  
  
    
    
    
    Safer

    
    Less Safe
    
    
    No Change
    (vol.)

    
    
    Unsure
    
    
     
    
  

    
    
    
    %
    
    %
    
    %

    
    %
    
    
     
    
  
    



    





8/5-7/05



    

    42
    
    48
    
    8
    
    2

    
    
     
    
  
    
    
  
  


 


  
    



    
    Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton 
    Survey Research Associates International. Aug. 2-4, 2005. 
    N=1,004 adults nationwide. 

    MoE ± 
    3.
  
  
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    .
  
  
    
    

    
    "We'd 
    like your opinion of the way George W. Bush is handling certain aspects of 
    his job. Do you approve or 
    disapprove of the way  Bush is handling the situation in Iraq?"
  
  

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    
    
    Approve
    
    Disap-

    prove
    
    
    Unsure
    
    
  
  

    
    
    
    %
    
    %
    
    %

    
    
  
  
    
    




    8/2-4/05

    
    34
    
    61
    
    5
    

    
  
  
    
    



3/17-18/05
    

    41
    
    54
    
    5
    
    

  
  
    
    
    5/13-14/04
    
    35
    

    57
    
    8
    
    
  
  
    

    
    4/8-9/04
    
    44
    
    51
    

    5
    
    
  
  
    
    
    3/25-26/04

    
    44
    
    50
    
    6
    

    
  
  
    
    
    2/19-20/04
    
    45

    
    47
    
    8
    
    
  
  

    
    
    1/8-9/04
    
    50
    
    43

    
    7
    
    
  
  
    
    

    12/18-19/03
    
    53
    
    39
    
    8

    
    
  
  
    
    
    12/11-12/03
    

    45
    
    50
    
    5
    
    

  
  
    
    
    11/6-7/03
    
    42
    

    51
    
    7
    
    
  
  
    

    
    10/23-24/03
    
    48
    
    45
    

    7
    
    
  
  
    
    
    10/9-10/03

    
    44
    
    49
    
    7
    

    
  
  
    
    
    9/25-26/03
    
    47

    
    46
    
    7
    
    
  
  

    
    
    9/18-19/03
    
    46
    
    47

    
    7
    
    
  
  
    
    

    9/11-12/03
    
    51
    
    42
    
    7

    
    
  
  
    
    
    8/21-22/03
    

    54
    
    40
    
    6
    
    

  
  
    
    
    7/24-25/03
    
    58
    

    36
    
    6
    
    
  
  
    

    
    7/10-11/03
    
    53
    
    39
    

    8
    
    
  
  
    
    
    5/29-30/03

    
    65
    
    29
    
    6
    

    
  
  
    
    
    5/1-2/03
    
    69

    
    26
    
    5
    
    
  
  

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    
    
    "Now thinking about the situation in Iraq: 
    All in all, do you think the United States is making progress or losing 
    ground in its efforts to establish security and democracy in Iraq?"
  

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    .
  
  
    
    
    
    Making
    Progress

    
    Losing
    Ground
    
    
    Unsure
    

    
  
  
    
    
    
    %
    

    %
    
    %
    
    
  
  
    

    




    8/2-4/05
    
    40
    
    50

    
    10
    
    
  
  
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    .
  
  

    
    
    "In 
    general, do you think the Iraq war has made Americans safer from terrorism, 
    or not?"
  
  
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    .
  
  

    
    
    
    Has
    
    Has Not
    
    

    Unsure
    
    
  
  
    
    
    

    %
    
    %
    
    %
    
    

  
  
    
    




    8/2-4/05
    

    28
    
    64
    
    8
    
    

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    .
  
  
    
    
    
    "For how long would you personally support keeping 
    large numbers of U.S. military personnel in Iraq: less 
    than one more year, one to two years, 
    three to five years, six to 10 years, 
    more than 10 years, or as long as it takes 
    to achieve U.S. goals in Iraq?"

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    .
  
  
    
    
    
    

    %
    
    
    
  
  
    
    


Less 
than one more year
    
    38
    
    
    

  
  
    
    


One 
to two years
    
    13

    
    
    
  
  
    
    


Three 

to five years
    
    5
    
    
    
  
  

    
    


Six to 10 years
    
    1
    

    
    
  
  
    
    


More 
than 10 years

    
    -
    
    
    
  
  
    

    


As long as it takes
    
    26
    
    

    
  
  
    
    


Bring them home now (vol.)
    
    12

    
    
    
  
  
    
    


Unsure

    
    5
    
    
    
  
  
    

    
  



 


  
    



    
    Associated Press/Ipsos poll conducted by 
    Ipsos-Public Affairs. Aug. 1-3, 2005. N=1,000 
    adults nationwide. MoE ±
    3.1.
  

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    
    "When 
    it comes to handling the situation in Iraq, do you approve or disapprove or 
    have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling that issue?"
  
  
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    
    
    Approve
    
    Disap-

    prove
    



    
    Mixed
    Feelings
    

    
    Unsure
    
    
  
    
    
    

    %
    
    %
    
    %
    
    %

    
    
  
    



    


8/1-3/05



    
    38
    
    59
    
    2

    
    1
    
    
  
    



    


7/11-13/05



    
    40
    
    59

    
    1
    
    -
    
    
  
    



    



    6/6-8/05



    
    41

    
    56
    
    2
    
    1
    

    
  
    



    



    5/2-4/05



    
    43
    
    55
    
    2

    
    -
    
    
  
    



    



    4/4-6/05



    
    43
    
    56

    
    1
    
    -
    
    
  
    



    
    3/7-9/05



    
    45
    

    53
    
    2
    
    -
    
    

  
    



    



    2/7-9/05



    
    42
    
    57
    
    1
    

    -
    
    
  
    



    



    1/3-5/05



    
    44
    
    54

    
    2
    
    -
    
    
  
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    


Trend, among 
registered voters:
    
  
    

    



    12/6-8/04
    
    48
    
    50

    
    1
    
    -
    
    
  
    

    
    11/3-5/04
    
    48
    
    51
    

    1
    
    -
    
    
  
    
    

  
  


 


  
    



    

    CBS News 
    Poll. July 29-Aug. 2, 2005. 
    N=1,222 adults nationwide. MoE ±
    3 
    (for all adults).
    RV = registered voters

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    
    "Do 
    you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling the 
    situation with Iraq?"
  
  
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    .
  

  
    
    
    
    Approve
    
    Disap-
    prove

    
    Unsure
    
    
  
  
    
    

    
    %
    
    %
    
    %
    

    
  
  
    
    
    ALL adults
    
    41

    
    55
    
    4
    
    
  
  

    
    
      Republicans
    
    79
    
    17

    
    4
    
    
  
  
    
    

      Democrats
    
    15
    
    83
    
    2

    
    
  
  
    
    
      Independents
    

    32
    
    61
    
    7
    
    

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    .
  
  
    
    
    
    Trend:
    

  
    
    



6/10-15/05
    
    37
    

    59
    
    4
    
    
  
  
    

    



5/20-24/05
    
    38
    
    57

    
    5
    
    
  
  
    
    

    4/13-16/05
    
    39
    
    56
    
    6

    
    
  
  
    
    
    3/21-22/05
    

    39
    
    53
    
    8
    
    

  
  
    
    
    2/24-28/05
    
    45
    

    50
    
    5
    
    
  
  
    

    
    1/14-18/05
    
    40
    
    55
    

    5
    
    
  
  
    
    
    11/18-21/04

    
    40
    
    55
    
    5
    

    
  
  
    
    
    10/28-30/04
    
    45

    
    50
    
    5
    
    
  
  

    
    
    10/14-17/04
    
    42
    
    54

    
    4
    
    
  
  
    
    

    7/11-15/04
    
    37
    
    58
    
    5

    
    
  
  
    
    
    6/23-27/04
    

    36
    
    58
    
    6
    
    

  
  
    
    
    5/20-23/04
    
    34
    

    61
    
    5
    
    
  
  
    

    
    5/11/04
    
    39
    
    58
    

    3
    
    
  
  
    
    
    4/23-27/04

    
    41
    
    52
    
    7
    

    
  
  
    
    
    3/30 - 4/1/04
    
    44

    
    49
    
    7
    
    
  
  

    
    
    3/10-14/04
    
    49
    
    43

    
    8
    
    
  
  
    
    

    2/24-27/04
    
    46
    
    47
    
    7

    
    
  
  
    
    
    2/12-15/04
    

    49
    
    45
    
    6
    
    

  
  
    
    
    1/12-15/04
    
    48
    

    46
    
    6
    
    
  
  
    

    
    12/21-22/03
    
    57
    
    36
    

    7
    
    
  
  
    
    
    12/14-15/03

    
    59
    
    35
    
    6
    

    
  
  
    
    
    11/10-12/03
    
    48

    
    48
    
    4
    
    
  
  

    
    
    10/20-21/03
    
    49
    
    45

    
    6
    
    
  
  
    
    

    9/28 - 10/1/03
    
    47
    
    48
    
    5

    
    
  
  
    
    
    9/15-16/03
    

    46
    
    47
    
    7
    
    

  
  
    
    
    8/11-12/03
    
    57
    

    33
    
    10
    
    
  
  
    

    
    7/03
    
    58
    
    32
    

    10
    
    
  
  
    
    
    5/03

    
    72
    
    20
    
    8
    

    
  
  
    
    
    3/26-27/03
    
    69

    
    27
    
    4
    
    
  
  

    
    
    3/24/03
    
    71
    
    24

    
    5
    
    
  
  
    
    

    3/23/03
    
    75
    
    22
    
    3

    
    
  
  
    
    
    3/22/03
    

    72
    
    23
    
    5
    
    

  
  
    
    
    3/20-21/03
    
    69
    

    25
    
    6
    
    
  
  
    

    
    3/15-16/03
    
    55
    
    41
    

    4
    
    
  
  
    
    
    3/7-9/03

    
    51
    
    42
    
    7
    

    
  
  
    
    
    3/4-5/03
    
    54

    
    39
    
    7
    
    
  
  

    
    
    2/24-25/03
    
    52
    
    44

    
    4
    
    
  
  
    
    

    2/10-12/03
    
    53
    
    42
    
    5

    
    
  
  
    
    
    
    
    

    
    .
  
  
    
    
    
    "Do you think the  result of the war with Iraq 
    was worth the loss of American life and other costs of attacking Iraq, or 
    not worth it?"

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    .
  
  
    
    
    
    Worth
    It
    

    Not
    Worth It
    
    Unsure
    
    
  

  
    
    
    
    %
    
    %
    

    %
    
    
  
  
    
    



7/29 - 8/2/05
    
    34
    
    59
    
    7

    
    
  
  
    
    
    7/11-15/04
    

    34
    
    62
    
    4
    
    

  
  
    
    
    6/23-27/04
    
    32
    

    60
    
    8
    
    
  
  
    

    
    5/20-23/04
    
    33
    
    60
    

    7
    
    
  
  
    
    
    5/11/04

    
    29
    
    64
    
    7
    

    
  
  
    
    
    4/23-27/04
    
    33

    
    58
    
    9
    
    
  
  

    
    
    3/30 - 4/1/04
    
    37
    
    54

    
    9
    
    
  
  
    
    

    3/10-14/04
    
    42
    
    51
    
    7

    
    
  
  
    
    
    2/24-27/04
    

    42
    
    52
    
    6
    
    

  
  
    
    
    2/12-15/04
    
    41
    

    50
    
    9
    
    
  
  
    

    
    1/12-15/04
    
    43
    
    51
    

    6
    
    
  
  
    
    
    12/21-22/03

    
    42
    
    47
    
    11
    

    
  
  
    
    
    12/14-15/03
    
    44

    
    49
    
    7
    
    
  
  

    
    
    11/10-12/03
    
    40
    
    51

    
    9
    
    
  
  
    
    

    10/20-21/03
    
    42
    
    52
    
    6

    
    
  
  
    
    
    9/28 - 10/1/03
    

    41
    
    53
    
    6
    
    

  
  
    
    
    9/15-16/03
    
    43
    

    47
    
    10
    
    
  
  
    

    
    8/26-28/03
    
    46
    
    46
    

    8
    
    
  
  
    
    
    8/11-12/03

    
    46
    
    45
    
    9
    

    
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    

    .
  
  
    
    
    
    "Do you think removing Saddam Hussein from power 
    was worth the loss of American life and other costs of attacking Iraq, or 
    not?"

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    .
  
  
    
    
    
    Worth
    It
    

    Not
    Worth It
    
    Unsure
    
    
  

  
    
    
    
    %
    
    %
    

    %
    
    
  
  
    
    



7/29 - 8/2/05
    
    45
    
    47
    
    8

    
    
  
  
    
    
    
    
    

    
    .
  
  
    
    
    "Looking back, do 
    you think the United States did the right thing in taking military action 
    against Iraq, or should the U.S. have stayed out?"

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    .
  
  
    
    
    
    Did Right
    Thing

    
    Should
    Have
    Stayed Out
    
    Unsure
    

    
  
  
    
    
    
    %
    

    %
    
    %
    
    
  
  
    

    



7/29 - 8/2/05
    
    48
    
    46

    
    6
    
    
  
  
    
    



6/10-15/05
    
    45
    
    51
    

    4
    
    
  
  
    
    



5/20-24/05
    
    47
    
    49
    
    4

    
    
  
  
    
    
    4/13-16/05
    

    47
    
    48
    
    5
    
    

  
  
    
    
    2/24-28/05
    
    46
    

    50
    
    4
    
    
  
  
    

    
    1/14-18/05
    
    45
    
    49
    

    6
    
    
  
  
    
    
    11/18-21/04

    
    46
    
    48
    
    6
    

    
  
  
    
    
    10/28-30/04 
    RV
    

    52
    
    44
    
    4
    
    

  
  
    
    
    10/14-17/04 
    RV
    
    50

    
    46
    
    4
    
    
  
  

    
    
    7/11-15/04
    
    45
    
    51

    
    4
    
    
  
  
    
    

    6/23-27/04
    
    48
    
    46
    
    6

    
    
  
  
    
    
    5/20-23/04
    

    49
    
    46
    
    5
    
    

  
  
    
    
    5/11/04
    
    49
    

    45
    
    6
    
    
  
  
    

    
    4/23-27/04
    
    47
    
    46
    

    7
    
    
  
  
    
    
    3/30 - 4/1/04

    
    55
    
    39
    
    6
    

    
  
  
    
    
    3/10-14/04
    
    58

    
    37
    
    5
    
    
  
  

    
    
    2/24-27/04
    
    54
    
    39

    
    7
    
    
  
  
    
    

    2/12-15/04
    
    58
    
    37
    
    5

    
    
  
  
    
    
    12/21-22/03
    

    62
    
    34
    
    4
    
    

  
  
    
    
    12/14-15/03
    
    63
    

    31
    
    6
    
    
  
  
    

    
    
    
    
    
    .
  
  

    
    
    
    "How would you say things are going for the U.S. 
    in its efforts to bring stability and order to Iraq? Would you say things 
    are going very well, somewhat well, somewhat badly, or very badly?"
  
  
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    .
  
  

    
    
    
    Very
    Well
    
    Somewhat

    Well
    
    Somewhat
    Badly
    
    Very
    Badly

    
    Unsure
  
  
    
    
    
    %

    
    %
    
    %
    
    %
    

    %
  
  
    
    



7/29 - 8/2/05
    

    7
    
    41
    
    29
    
    21

    
    2
    
  
    
    



6/10-15/05

    
    7
    
    33
    
    34
    

    26
    
    0
    
  
    
    



5/20-24/05
    
    5
    
    36
    
    31

    
    26
    
    2
    
  
    
    

    4/13-16/05
    
    7
    
    41
    
    32

    
    18
    
    2
    
  
    
    

    2/24-28/05
    
    10
    
    43
    
    29

    
    18
    
    0
    
  
    
    

    1/14-18/05
    
    5
    
    36
    
    28

    
    29
    
    2
    
  
    
    

    11/18-21/04
    
    5
    
    40
    
    26

    
    27
    
    2
    
  
    
    

    10/28-30/04 
    RV
    
    7
    
    40
    

    25
    
    25
    
    2
    
  

    
    
    10/14-17/04 
    RV
    
    5
    
    38

    
    27
    
    28
    
    2
    

  
    
    
    7/11-15/04
    
    4
    
    39

    
    28
    
    28
    
    1
    

  
    
    
    6/23-27/04
    
    2
    
    38

    
    31
    
    26
    
    3
    

  
    
    
    5/20-23/04
    
    3
    
    34

    
    38
    
    22
    
    3
    

  
    
    
    4/23-27/04
    
    4
    
    34

    
    31
    
    29
    
    2
    

  
    
    
    12/21-22/03
    
    8
    
    57

    
    24
    
    9
    
    2
    

  
    
    
    12/14-15/03
    
    12
    
    53

    
    21
    
    10
    
    4
    

  
    
    
    11/10-12/03
    
    5
    
    42

    
    28
    
    22
    
    3
    

  
    
    
    10/20-21/03
    
    5
    
    49

    
    31
    
    12
    
    3
    

  
    
    
    9/15-16/03
    
    5
    
    44

    
    29
    
    18
    
    4
    

  
    
    
    8/26-28/03
    
    5
    
    46

    
    31
    
    16
    
    2
    

  
    
    
    8/11-12/03
    
    6
    
    47

    
    28
    
    13
    
    6
    

  
    
    
    7/03
    
    6
    
    54

    
    25
    
    11
    
    4
    

  
    
    
    5/03
    
    11
    
    61

    
    19
    
    5
    
    4
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    
    
    "From what you have 
    seen or heard about the situation in Iraq, what should the United States do? Should the U.S. increase the number of 
    U.S. troops in Iraq, keep the same 
    number of U.S. troops in Iraq as there are now, or decrease the number of 
    U.S. troops 
    in Iraq?"

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    .
  
  
    
    
    
    Increase
    

    Keep the
    Same
    
    Decrease
    
    Unsure
    

  
  
    
    
    
    %
    
    %

    
    %
    
    %
    
  
  
    

    



7/29 - 8/2/05
    
    15
    
    31

    
    46
    
    8
    
  
  
    

    
    9/28 - 10/1/03
    
    20
    
    34
    

    39
    
    7
    
  
  
    
    

    8/26-28/03
    
    22
    
    41
    
    31

    
    6
    
  
  
    
    
  




 


  
    



    
    CNN/USA 
    Today/Gallup

    Poll. July 22-24, 
    2005. N=1,006 adults 
    nationwide. MoE ±
    3.
  
  

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    
    
    "Which comes closest to your view about the war in 
    Iraq? You think the U.S. will win the war in Iraq. 
    You think the U.S. can win the war in Iraq, 
    but you don't think it will win.

    OR, You do not think the 
    U.S. can win the war in Iraq." 
    Options rotated
  
  
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    .
  

  
    
    
    
    Will Win
    
    Can Win,
    But Won't

    
    
    Can't Win
    
    
    Unsure
    
    

     
    
  
    
    
    
    %
    

    %
    
    %
    
    %
    
    

     
    
  
    



    



    7/22-24/05



    
    43
    
    21
    
    32

    
    4
    
    
     
    
  
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    .
  

  
    
    
    
    "Do you think the United States will or will not 
    be able to establish a stable democratic government in Iraq?"
  
  
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    .

  
  
    
    
    
    Will
    
    Will Not

    
    
    Unsure
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    
    
    
    %
    
    %

    
    %
    
     
    
    
     
    

  
    



    



    7/22-24/05



    
    37
    
    58
    
    5
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    
    
    11/19-21/04



    
    46

    
    49
    
    5
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    
    4/16-18/04



    
    37
    
    57
    
    6

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    .
  
  

    
    
    
    "Do you think the Bush Administration deliberately 
    misled the American public about whether Iraq has weapons of mass 
    destruction, or not?"
  
  
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    .
  

  
    
    
    
    Yes,
    Misled
    
    No,

    Did Not
    
    
    Unsure
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    
    
    
    %
    

    %
    
    %
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    



    



    7/22-24/05



    
    51
    
    47
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    



    4/1-2/05



    
    50

    
    48
    
    2
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    



    



    10/9-10/04



    
    47
    
    51
    
    2

    
     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    7/19-21/04



    
    45
    

    52
    
    3
    
     
    
    
     

    
  
    



    
    1/29 - 2/1/04



    
    43
    
    54
    
    3
    

     
    
    
     
    
  
    



    
    7/18-20/03



    
    39
    
    58

    
    3
    
     
    
    
     
    

  
    



    
    6/27-29/03



    

    37
    
    61
    
    2
    
     

    
    
     
    
  
    



    

    6/9-10/03



    
    31
    
    64
    

    5
    
     
    
    
     
    
  

    



    
    5/30 - 6/1/03



    
    31

    
    67
    
    2
    
     
    
    

     
    
  
    
    
  
  





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**blueturk** · 08-29-2005, 08:10 AM

While I try to feel heartened by Bush's poll numbers, in the end they mean nothing. Bush will continue to do what he wants because of his stubbornness and inability to admit that he makes mistakes ( or his "resolve", as the sheep call it).

39% Say Withdraw Troops From Iraq (46% Say NO)

39% Say Withdraw Troops From Iraq (46% Say NO)

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