Poll: Most Southerners Oppose Bush Handling of Iraq War ("...his boondoggle ...his legacy") [View All]

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Friday, February 23, 2007
Poll: Most Southerners oppose Bush handling of Iraq war

By MARGARET LILLARD
Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH, N.C. - A majority of Southerners are unhappy with President Bush's performance, particularly his leadership in Iraq, and only a little more optimistic that a Democratic-led Congress will do a better job, a survey released Friday shows.

"It's kind of like a race to the bottom and Bush is getting there quicker," said Hunter Bacot, director of the Elon University Poll.

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The response was especially telling because it was an open-ended query made at the beginning of the poll, before surveyors mentioned Iraq or any other issue, Bacot said. "It's just off the top of their heads," he added.

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Sixty-four percent of respondents disapproved or strongly disapproved of Bush's handling of the Iraq war _ up from 57 percent last year _ while 31 percent approved or strongly approved of it, a decrease from 38.5 percent last year.

"The war is his boondoggle and it's going to be his legacy," Bacot said.

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