CNN Poll: Approval of war in Iraq, Bush remain low

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Americans' opinion on the Iraq war and of President Bush has remained stable — and fairly negative — over the past few weeks, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll out Saturday evening suggests.

Only 33 percent of Americans favor the war in Iraq, according to a just released poll. In a similar poll taken in December, that number stood at 31 percent.

The poll also suggests only 32 percent of Americans approve of how Bush is handling his job as president. That number is the same as it was last month....

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/12/poll-approval-of-war-in-iraq-bush-remain-low/

[bluestateguy]

1. We have got to do something about this deluge of polls

There are too many polls.

Poll control legislation is a must.

[sam sarrha]

2. they just keep calling the same 24 people who still support him..

[patrice]

5. Polls are an improvement over such unfounded opinions.

Your source is?

[patrice]

4. Let's make more of an effort to educate people about what polls really are

and how they work. This would make polls more instructive than they are at present.

Perhaps there should be legislation that requires a disclaimer similar to that on a package of cigarettes.

[Teaser]

8. you're joking right?

Polling is a form of reserach. As a scientist, I'd be pretty pissed if you drafted legislation to prevent me from statistically sampling in my field of study.

[maseman]

11. I agree TEASER

Legislation to control polling? Sounds like something the Bush administration would want to do.

If you don't like polls, don't read them.

[bemildred]

3. Vast majority of Americans still think Pope is "likely to be Catholic". nt

[onehandle]

6. Bush is the Savior of the Middle-East! After he returns from his "Save My Legacy Tour" ...

...he'll SURGE to 35%!

Then when the Recession takes firm hold he'll drop to 17%

Sorry, Karl. He's the Worst President in History and there's nothing you can do about it.

[Supersedeas]

23. last week the prediction was that he would leave office at 40%

[Cant trust em]

7. Dems will win in November

No one who is still talking about the benefits of the war in Iraq will win an election.

[harmonicon]

10. why so confident?

Two of the people running on the Dem side voted for this illegal and incredibly unpopular war. Another candidate has continually voted to fund it. We're in for trouble if we think everyone's just going to overlook those inconvenient facts when it comes time to vote.

[Cant trust em]

12. Facts are still on our side

You have a point, but as long as Republicans are still talking about the how wonderful the surge is we will come out looking better. It's still something we have to spin (or cover up) but I do feel like the dems are in a better position on this issue.

[harmonicon]

14. Only a slightly better position.

With the exception of McCain, the positions on the war held by the big name Dems and big name Republicans aren't all that different, though the rhetoric used to sell them are. If such a vast majority disapprove of this war, they can't all be Democratic voters, and with some of the positions Democrats hold on the war, why should they be? We can't just take these votes for granted.

[Cant trust em]

19. Right, don't take them for granted

work hard to convince the voters dems are right, but I'm still feeling pretty good. I'll take where we are compared to where the republicans are any day.

[harmonicon]

20. same here

Dems, even the ones who I disagree with, have a better stance on everything. The mistake would be to act as if the only differences were on issues such as the war, while letting other issues that have a greater day-to-day effect on most americans lives go unnoticed.

[Cant trust em]

25. Polls are showing that the economy is the No. 1 concern

If those polls are accurate, then people aren't thinking about the war as much. I suspect that this is because it is so universally unpopular that people have made up their minds that it's going down the tubes.

The Clinton campaign was very smart in coming up with a package to deal with the subprime mortgage crisis. I'm not a homeowner and I haven't read up too much on her stimulus package, but that is going to be the right idea for a lot of people.

Campaigns are a lot of hard work and we can't get lazy and assume that people agree with us based on polling data.

[harmonicon]

26. I'm also not a home owner

and I think these 'stimulus' packages are really rather silly - short term fixes as best. What I'd really like to see (not counting single-payer universal healthcare, which should be priority #1) is a push for a minimum wage that a worker could actually live on, and a complete over hall of the tax code, making it truly progressive. I think if those things were done, stimulus packages wouldn't need to exist.

[Cant trust em]

27. I live in San Francisco

Home of the no down payment and crazy interest home loan. It seems to me that this subprime crisis is a result of people losing their F'ing minds and buying houses they knew that they couldn't afford. The market reacted accordingly and prices went up because demand was so high. Developers started building expensive homes because there's a greater markup for luxury and people bought them during the mania. Now we're paying the price.

[harmonicon]

28. I don't really have a lot of sympathy for people dumb enough to get involved in this mortgage scam

People who can't afford houses shouldn't buy them. From some things I've read though, it seems that lenders were actually lying to buyers to try to get them to take out loans, which is completely wrong. When I lived in LA a few years ago, some of my friends rented a house from a guy who had bought it as an investment who was trying to sell it the whole time they were there. The eventual buyer was the original owner who was again buying as an investment, because he consider that house to be "good luck".... no one ever wanted to live in that over-priced piece of crap. I'm sure someone has lost an awful lot of money on that shit-house by now.

[Cant trust em]

29. I'm the first to admit that I don't know a lot about this

The term predatory lending rings a bell.

[underpants]

9. Gonna be hard to get up to that 45% the White House seems to think W will by next year

there was a story this week that they think W will get back up to 45% (higher than Reagan at least) before leaving office.

[Cant trust em]

13. that 45% is his eulogy

The bump you get from people not wanting to piss on the man's political grave.

[Stuart G]

15. Note: 66 percent disapprove,,,most ever...

Only twice before have as many as 66 disapproved of the job Bush is doing as President.. 66 is the highest non approval rating with Bush and this poll reaffirms this now

The liar in chief has no cloths and 2/3 know it...here is a link for all to see progress of this wonderful trend.....
and most poll results over the last few years..........................Stuart G.

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

[frog92969]

16. Where do they find these people?

If even 32% here like monkey man is it any wonder we're going down the toilet?

[Stuart G]

18. It is simple..........they find them in the mirror

..It is my guess that between 25 and 30 percent of the people in this country are:
..........A. very stupid, and ignorant about world affairs..
.........B. are habitual and compulsive liars like the Chimp.
..........C. support Republicans no matter what..
Let's say..10 percent are stupid, and 12 percent are habitual and compulsive liars, and 10 percent support The RePugs no matter what...
add em up and you got 32 percent........cut it anyway you want..you still get a number of people who don't know a liar from a fryer, or forest fire.......Stuart G.

[mallard]

24. I think many of them are on the food chain ...

... as far as the war budget goes.

It's not as though all that money really goes to troops and/or Iraq per se.

[yellowcanine]

17. As Garrison Keillor once said, "These are the same people who think Noah and his family rode to

church on a dinosaur." So consider the source.

[ananda]

21. It doesn't matter.

Bush doesn't care what people think,
and neither do the corporations.

[robbedvoter]

22. What made it go up to 33? The belly dancers? Holding hands with sheiks?

he used ti be in the 20s for a long time now...sheesh!