War now works against GOP

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Iraq often seen as hindrance in campaigns

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Showing how the tables have turned, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) told interviewers in New Hampshire this week that Republican candidates should steer away from the war.

"The challenge," Frist said, "is to get Americans to focus on pocketbook issues, and not on the Iraq and terror issue."

In Connecticut and Ohio, in Pennsylvania and New Mexico, critical swaths of voters tell pollsters they are using the war as a lens to assess -- and in many cases punish -- the party in control of the White House and both houses of Congress. This appears particularly true of independents, who are considered most likely to determine whether the House and Senate change hands.

A Pew Research Center poll this month found that 50 percent of independents listed Iraq among their top two national concerns, compared with 36 percent of Republicans and 68 percent of Democrats. Overall, 58 percent respondents said the war is not going well and only 38 percent said the battle for Iraq is helping the war on terrorism.



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15419740/


"All these young kids, our boys, are dying over there," Matthews said. "For what? It's ridiculous. We've lost focus and I've had enough."

[Olney Blue]

1. The Party of War is going down.

[babylonsister]

2. Yeah, right, Frist. So if we don't talk about the war, it will go away?

Enjoy your retirement. :eyes: