Nbadan
05-25-2007, 04:59 PM
One thing is clear, Americans want benchmarks....
Sixty-one percent of Americans say the United States should have stayed out of Iraq and 76 percent say things are going badly there, including 47 percent who say things are going very badly, the poll found.
Still, the majority of Americans support continuing to finance the war as long as the Iraqi government meets specific goals.
President Bush’s approval ratings remain near the lowest of his more than six years in office. Thirty percent approve of the job he is doing over all, while 63 percent disapprove.
More Americans — 72 percent — now say that “generally things in the country are seriously off on the wrong track” than at any other time since the Times/CBS News poll began asking the question in 1983. The number has slowly risen since January 2004. Then, 53 percent said the country was “seriously off on the wrong track,” and by January of this year it was 68 percent.
The New York times (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/washington/25view.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin)
On the one hand, the public is telling Demos that cutting off funding will end the war, on the other hand, the public is telling Demos that cutting off funds will not effect the troops because the war is funded?
Sixty-one percent of Americans say the United States should have stayed out of Iraq and 76 percent say things are going badly there, including 47 percent who say things are going very badly, the poll found.
Still, the majority of Americans support continuing to finance the war as long as the Iraqi government meets specific goals.
President Bush’s approval ratings remain near the lowest of his more than six years in office. Thirty percent approve of the job he is doing over all, while 63 percent disapprove.
More Americans — 72 percent — now say that “generally things in the country are seriously off on the wrong track” than at any other time since the Times/CBS News poll began asking the question in 1983. The number has slowly risen since January 2004. Then, 53 percent said the country was “seriously off on the wrong track,” and by January of this year it was 68 percent.
The New York times (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/washington/25view.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin)
On the one hand, the public is telling Demos that cutting off funding will end the war, on the other hand, the public is telling Demos that cutting off funds will not effect the troops because the war is funded?