New NEWSWEEK poll: 2/3s of Americans believe Bush's 'surge' strategy a failure

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Battle Fatigue
The latest NEWSWEEK poll finds that nearly two thirds of Americans believe President Bush's 'surge' strategy in Iraq has been a failure.

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By Brian Braiker
Newsweek
Updated: 4:31 p.m. ET July 14, 2007

July 13, 2007 - President Bush may be trying to rally support for his strategy in Iraq, but his efforts are not faring well with the American public, according to the latest NEWSWEEK Poll. Nearly two thirds of Americans believe that the president's troop “surge” has been a failure, poll respondents said. The survey also found broad public support for cutting the number of troops deployed on the battlefield. But in a bright spot for the president, less than 20 percent favored immediate withdrawal.

Nearly seven in 10 (68 percent) Americans disapprove of the way the president is handling the war in Iraq. Public approval of the president's handling of Iraq has remained below the 30 percent mark since January, when he announced his plans to increase the number of troops deployed there. (The public's approval of Bush's overall handling of the war has been below the 50 percent mark since February of 2004).

Sixty-four percent of Americans feel the surge in troops has been a failure, while less than a quarter (22 percent) deem it a success. Nearly a third of Republicans surveyed (31 percent) declare the surge a failure, which may help to explain why several high-profile senior Republicans have defected from the White House on support for the war. While Bush's overall approval rating remains low—just 29 percent—it is up 3 points from another NEWSWEEK sounding earlier this month.

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1. To the 22% - which part of it is a "success"?

[Botany]

2. Lindsey Graham a proud member of the 22%

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3. and is so dumb

because he thinks everything is about loving the president.