Originally posted by st8_o_mind
All polls should be taken with a grain of salt, but the Post-ABC News poll reported today that fewer than half of Americans (47%) say the war in Iraq was worth fighting, with 52& saying it was not. By defination, opposing the war is a main-stream American belief, not "far leftist" as you put it.
From today's post: "Virtually all of the recent move-ment against the war has occurred among political independents. Among those with no firm party ties, the proportion who said the war was 'not worth fighting' increased from 48 percent in May to 59 percent in the latest poll.
Bush's approval rating on his handling of Iraq remains negative but rose slightly in the post month to 44 percent, with 55 percent saying they disapprove."
Sorry, no link, I have the paper copy of the Post.
Bottom line, it is not hatred of the administration by fringe radicals that oppose the war or disapprove of Bush's handling of the war. It is mainstream America.
One final note in the poll. When asked: "Whom do you trust to do a better job of handling the U.S. campaign against terrorism, Bush or Kerry," the response was Kerry 48%, Bush 47%.
One term President???