Senators Richard Lugar and George Voinovich have joined Chuck Hagel, Gordon Smith and even John Warner in at least talking the talk on the occupation Iraq. Of course they have failed to walk the walk and for some reason are still opposed to timetables. Perhaps they need to study the latest CNN Poll.
Poll: Support for Iraq war reaches new low
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new low of 30 percent of Americans say they support the U.S. war in Iraq and, for the first time, most Americans say they don’t believe it is morally justified, a poll released Tuesday said.In the poll, which was carried out Friday through Sunday, 30 percent of respondents said they favor the war in Iraq; 41 percent said they oppose it because they think the 2003 decision to go to war was a mistake; 26 percent said they oppose it because they think it has been mismanaged; and 3 percent said they had no opinion
Support is down 4 points from what it was May 4-6, when 34 percent of respondents said they favored the U.S. war in Iraq.
Asked during the latest poll how things are going for the United States in Iraq, more than two-thirds (69 percent) said badly — 4 percent said “very well,” 26 percent said “moderately well,” 25 percent said “moderately badly” and 44 percent said “very badly.”
There appears to be little optimism that things will improve, with 17 percent saying the situation is getting better; 46 percent saying it is getting worse; 35 percent saying it is staying the same; and 1 percent offering no opinion.
Nearly two-thirds of those polled want withdrawal of U.S. troops to begin — either in part or in total. Asked what the United States should do about the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, just 17 percent said it should send more troops; 16 percent said keep the numbers the same; 24 percent said withdraw some troops; and 39 percent said withdraw all troops.
And it gets even worse, Republican support for Iraq war beginning to waver.
Anti-war sentiment among Republican poll respondents has suddenly increased with 38 percent of Republicans now saying they oppose the war.
In September the Republicans are going to have to decide if they want to be a political party after the 2008 elections or if they want to be lemmings marching over a cliff with the Bush/Cheney cabal. The Bush/Cheney cabal will change nothing on their own while still in office. Neither one of them gives a damned about the Republican Party or the country. If the Republican lawmakers really want to change the course rather than stay the course they will have to do it with the only weapon they have available, the budget. The democrats can’t and won’t do it on their own – it’s up to the Republicans to walk the walk. Will Lugar and others be willing to do that in September?
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