Gallup: Majority of Americans (57%) want withdrawal plan for Iraq

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Majority of Americans want withdrawal plan for Iraq

Updated 6/26/2006 2:17 PM ET
By Susan Page, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — A clear majority of Americans say Congress should pass a resolution that outlines a plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday. Half of those surveyed would like all U.S. forces out of Iraq within 12 months.

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The percentage of Americans who say the president has "a clear plan for handling the situation in Iraq" has dropped to 31%, a new low. That's still higher than the 25% who say congressional Democrats have a clear plan for Iraq.

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In the poll, 57% say Congress should pass a resolution that outlines a plan for withdrawing U.S. troops; 39% say that decision should be left to the president and his advisers.

Precisely half support withdrawing all U.S. forces immediately or within 12 months, while 41% say the United States should keep troops there for as many years as needed. Eight percent call for sending more troops.

Last week, the Republican-controlled Senate defeated two Democratic proposals to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. A plan by Democrats John Kerry of Massachusetts and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin to pull out all U.S. combat troops over the next 13 months was rejected 86-13.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-06-26-iraq-poll_x.htm

[Ron Green]

1. Good grief - the Democrats in Congress are polling lower than the guy who

screwed up the whole thing from the beginning and can't find his ass with both hands. What a sorry situation this is.

[4_TN_TITANS]

2. What blows my mind

is that Congress is quite literally giving it's constituency the finger by blatently not representing the will of the people. Need more proof that they could care less for what we think???

[ProSense]

3. Talent-McCaskill race

Talent-McCaskill race

In Missouri, for example, Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., has not tried to soft-pedal his support for the war and is not on the defensive like Shays, even though he is in a tight race against state Auditor Claire McCaskill.

St. Louis political science professor Ken Warren noted that Missouri "tends to be more conservative on family values and flag-waving issues," so Talent may have more leeway on the war than candidates in other states.

Still, a recent Post-Dispatch poll found that Missourians' views of the war mirror those of the nation. A majority said going to war in Iraq was not worth it, while 60 percent said the United States should begin withdrawing some or all troops.

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