Americans Worried About Libya Conflict: Poll

[Purveyor]

By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 -- 8:29 am

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A new poll published on Wednesday found nearly half of Americans were opposed to US military involvement in Libya, reflecting tricky political ground being navigated by President Barack Obama.

But the Quinnipiac University survey also found that most voters were confident the US mission to shield civilians from Moamer Kadhafi could succeed, though there was an undercurrent of concern about a long engagement.

Qunnipiac also uncovered warning signs for Obama over his wider political prospects, with its survey recording its lowest-ever approval rating for the president -- 42 percent -- down from 46 percent earlier this month.

Respondents also said by a margin of 50 to 41 percent that Obama did not deserve to be re-elected in 2012.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/30/americans-worried-about-libya-conflict-poll/

[vaberella]

1. Dodgy polling. But thanks for the negativity.

The poll also said: "However, 62 percent of voters were very or somewhat confident the mission to protect Libyan civilians would succeed."

Expectations are skewed. They don't want it, but pretty sure it's going to succeed.

[pscot]

2. There probably aren't 10 people in Washington D.C

who deserve to be re-elected in 2012.

[jenmito]

3. How convenient. They took the poll BEFORE Obama gave his speech. If you want a better

idea of Obama's approval rating, which would be TODAY'S Gallup Tracking Poll, which means people already heard Obama's speech about Libya, he's up to 49%: http://www.gallup.com/Home.aspx

[SkyDaddy7]

4. Of course half the Nation will be against it...

It is not a Republican doing it which means it has to be bad & we could pull out before it gets too bad ng America look weak! Whatever!