Support for Bush on Iraq Falling, Poll Shows (40%!!!)

[54anickel]

Shame it took mutilation to get peoples attention.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4755365§ion=news

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Support among Americans for President Bush's handling of the Iraq war has fallen to 40 percent after last week's mutilation killings of U.S. contractors, according to a new poll issued on Monday.

The president's overall job approval and other ratings were also at or near record lows.

The Pew Research Center survey of 790 adults taken April 1-4 showed that confidence in Bush's handling of the Iraq situation had fallen 19 points since mid-January and was at its lowest ebb since researchers first asked the question in October 2002.

The poll was taken after last Wednesday's heavily-publicized murder and mutilation of four U.S. contractors in Falluja, Iraq, which promoted new questions about the U.S.-led occupation. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.


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[ALago1]

1. This just shows...

...that Americans in general only respond to the most extreme of circumstances.

I think things are going to get worse over in Iraq and will eventually be W*s achilles heal in November.

[indepat]

2. That 40% approve after what is now known and what is known to have

happened is a national stigma of unparalleled magnitude.

[Moderator]

3. Please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x466061