New Research shows Uptick in American's and Democrat's Approval for Bush handling of Iraq...

(I guess when news about Iraq is shut down by Corporate McPravda, it becomes "out of sight...out of mind" to the US Population.) :-(

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Democrats remain stalled on Iraq debate

By: Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris
Nov 13, 2007 06:07 AM EST

Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said the only strategic miscalculation Democrats might have made was “failing to grasp how much Republicans were willing to stick with the president.”

Still, he said Republicans pursued unity at their own peril.

“The Republicans own this thing, lock, stock and barrel.”

For the first time in years, Republicans are privately telling their members with a straight face that the war, in political terms, may be neutralized for next year’s election, which would have big ramifications for both sides.

A word of caution before we go into the numbers: Republicans remain broadly disliked, the war remains powerfully unpopular and opinion is prone to shift rapidly with events.

That said, 44 percent of Americans now believe the war is going “very” or “fairly” well, a high point in the past year, according to The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, a nonpartisan group.

At the same time, CBS News polling has found U.S. opposition to Bush’s troop surge softening a bit.

Yes, public opposition to the war remains high.

But there has been a small uptick even in the number of independents and Democrats who are optimistic the surge might work (though most remain pessimistic).

The Democratic base’s negative view of the war also has lessened of late.

This summer, CBS News found that 57 percent of Democrats thought the war was going “very badly.”
Today, the number has fallen by 12 points, to 45 percent.

The changing views probably have little to do with Congress, said Stephen Biddle, a senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.

“You have also had the near absence of the war coverage in the last months, and since the coverage is generally negative, the less coverage, the less negative communications that reaches people’s living rooms.”

Pew reported Friday that only 16 percent of Americans name the Iraq war as the news story that first comes to mind today — a huge shift.

In January, when Democrats took office, 55 percent of Americans said Iraq was on the top of their minds. Pelosi is trying to end the congressional year on a familiar note.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6845_Page2.html

just shameful, so are Americans getting desensitized to pre emptive invasions.

have been dealt so many blows by our own Congress and comments by Pelosi about why "Code Pink" couldn't be removed from her front yard, etc....that it's hard to keep up the momentum. It's what they wanted...really. Hate to be so cynical but it's pretty obvious to those of us who've watched it all...since the beginning. :-(

that Americans will just take pre emptive action as the new norm, I hope they (Americans) will never get to that point. Killing people just for the hell of it, this sick attitude of getting them first before they get us, now, what if, other countries adapt to that way of thinking, we will be in deep shit.

have our military in Iraq.

After this poll is exhausively discussed by every program on TV
time after time.

Guess what we will have another poll with even higher numbers
approving the war.

Polls can be used for many purposes.

you can tell from the lack of coverage (Bushco M$M shut it down after the surge) and the atmosphere that folks are tuning it out.

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