CBS Poll: Record high of 76% Say War's Going Badly; 63% Support Timetable

[jefferson_dem]

CBS Poll: 76% Say War's Going Badly

As President Bush and Congress hammer out an Iraq war funding bill, a CBS News/New York Times poll shows the number of Americans who say the war is going badly has reached a new high, rising 10 percent this month to 76 percent.

Nearly half of all Americans (47 percent) say the war is going very badly, while just 20 percent say the recent U.S. troop increase is making a positive difference.

Even a majority of Republicans, 52 percent, now say the war is going at least somewhat badly – a 16-point increase from the middle of April. Nine in 10 Democrats and eight in 10 Independents agree.

HOW IS THE WAR GOING?

Now
• Well: 23%
• Badly: 76%

4/2007
• Well: 31%
• Badly: 66%

Although Congress has backed down from attaching a timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal to the war funding bill, six in 10 Americans would like one. The public also favors setting benchmarks the Iraqi government must meet as a condition for future funding of the war – something that Congress will include in the pending legislation.

The poll also finds a record number of Americans say getting involved in Iraq in the first place was a mistake. Only 35 percent say the U.S. did the right thing by invading Iraq, while 61 percent say the U.S. should have stayed out.

DID U.S. DO THE RIGHT THING GOING TO WAR WITH IRAQ?

Now
• Right thing: 35%
• Should have stayed out: 61%

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[Tom Joad]

1. You see, it took spine to stand up the American people!!

[KansDem]

2. You know, I never thought of it that way!

Dems DO have spine!!! Dems DO have spine!!!

[BOSSHOG]

3. Where did you get that nonsense

Didn't you hear the President today at his press conference. He says the majority of the American People support the Iraq war and the job he is doing relative to that war. Who ya gonna believe, some evil liberal poll or the commander in chief?

[luckyleftyme2]

4. his fight on terroism

when you see hooded muslims giving demonstrations daily on television,demonstrations of hate and fear and they go un-tested.
then your war becomes merely a slogan.
IF THE TV CAMERAS CAN FIND THEM THEN THE MISSILES CAN. WAR IS WAR USE ALL YOUR WEAPONS MR PRESIDENT! IF THEY WANT TO KILL US AS YOU SAY,THEN IT IS YOUR DUTY TO KILL THEM FIRST.
MY MESSAGE IS TO YOU SIR: EITHER FIGHT OR RESIGN!