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New poll: Iraq a disaster, Republicans jumping ship

December 12th, 2006

A new CBS News poll reports an 8% decline in one month, down to 21%, in the number of Americans approving of Bush’s handling of Iraq. [Poll: Iraq Going Badly And Getting Worse]

Daily Kos has more nuggets from the survey:

Approve of Bush’s job handling Iraq

____ Now 11/14
GOP 47% 70%
Dem 5% 3%
Ind 17% 23%

Cons. 34% 60%

Look at that drop. Look at that!

And:

* Overall job approve/disapprove: 31/63
* Will make right decisions on war: Dems in Congress, 53%; Bush, 27%
* 62% say Iraq a mistake; in 1971, 61% said the same of Vietnam

This is about as vicious an ass-kicking as I’ve seen in a poll on an issue like this. Which, by the way, 35% of respondents now identify as the country’s most important problem. Next leading contender: economy and jobs at just 9%.

Given the anti-antiwar stance of most Congressional Democrats, the peace movement is faced with the issue of how to translate these attitudes into policy change. So far, no one has solved that conundrum.

Entry Filed under: Iraq, Middle East, War and Peace