Reply #138: The point would be... [View All]

[Padraig18]

.. to demonstrate whether there is any empirical evidence whatsoever to back up your bald assertion.

But speaking of polls on this issue, I do just happen to have some evidence to back up my position...

"...The Iowa Poll shows 39 percent of likely caucus participants believe the only Democratic candidate who can defeat Bush is one who opposed the war from the beginning. But another 29 percent say it will take a candidate who supported the war to win the presidency next year. The remaining 32 percent are unsure.

The poll also shows 61 percent of likely caucus participants were mostly or strongly opposed to the war from the beginning, and anti-war sentiment among this group has grown even more in recent weeks.

Even among the 38 percent who initially favored the war to at least some degree, more than half now say they look with less favor on the conflict..."

Source: http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/21906001.html

And...

"...Respondents would give more of their support (42%) to a Democratic candidate who opposed the war in Iraq than a candidate who supported the war (32%)...."

Source: http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=748

Ball to you. :)