Aug 01 2007
Cracks, Part Three
Don Surber notes - with an appropriate lever of schadenfreude - the latest poll numbers for the Democratic party led Congress. It is not, in the least, a pretty picture for the Democrats.
The survey said:
Survey shows just 3% of Americans approve of how Congress is handling the war in Iraq; 24% say the same for the President
Bush’s Iraq policy has 8 times the support the anti-Bush policy of Pelosi-Murtha-Clyburn-Reid-Byrd.
And it gets worse: 94% of Democrats polled absolutely detest, loathe and hate how the Democratic-led Congress is handling the war in Iraq.
The pollster did not provide similar numbers for Republicans or the president. You get what you pay for.
Oh, and he also heads off the inevitable leftist "defense" of those low numbers. It is NOT because Congress hasn't cut off funds for the war or failed to impeach Bush.
The numbers show otherwise:
To best show support for the troops, 42% believe Congress should fully fund the war in Iraq to maintain current troop levels, while 34% would favor attaching requirements for phased withdrawal to Iraq war funding. Just 18% said cutting all funding for the war in Iraq to bring troops home would be the best showing of Congressional support. Congress has proposed a bill continuing funding the war in Iraq, but that would require the withdrawal of the majority of troops there by Spring of 2008 – a plan favored by 49% of Americans. But nearly as many (45%) are opposed to this plan.
Got that? 42% want funding at the current level. And they know Pelosi and Reid would cut funding off tomorrow if they could get away with it.
Nice catch by Don on this one. These numbers are an outright disaster for Congress - especially the Democrats in leadership positions. It is a pretty good bet that these kinds of poll numbers explain the sudden spate of cracks that began showing up yesterday with some people appearing to break openly from Reid and Pelosi.
4 Responses to “Cracks, Part Three”
Quit being a fool, Kathy. Read the results. Only 18% want the funding cut - those like you. 34% would like some strings attached to the money - but that does NOT mean that they would stand for all funds being cut. And I would be willing to bet that they would punish hell out of the politician that did cut funds. That is exactly why the cracks are showing. The pols see the writing on the wall.
It’s sad that congress just doesn’t get it. The American people may not agree with the was (some, even rabidly), but I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t want to fund our troops - except party politicians.
What I want to know is what was the margin of error? If it was +/-3 per cent, the real number could be zero; a higher margin theoretically puts them in negative territory.
[…] This is almost stunning. But given recent poll numbers, I guess it should not be. A number of Democrats have openly come out and acknowledged that American troops are making real progress in Iraq. WASHINGTON (AP) - One senator said U.S. troops are routing out al-Qaida in parts of Iraq. Another insisted President Bush's plan to increase troops has caused tactical momentum. […]