AP POLL: 70% oppose escalation, including 56% of "conservatives", Chimpy approval sinks to 32%

[jefferson_dem]

WASHINGTON - Americans overwhelmingly oppose sending more U.S. forces to Iraq, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll that serves as a strong repudiation of President Bush's plan to send another 21,500 troops.

The opposition to boosting troop levels in Iraq reflects growing skepticism that the United States made the right decision in going to war in the first place and that a stable, democratic government can be established there. Just 35 percent think it was right for the United States to go to war, a new low in AP polling and a reversal from two years ago, when two-thirds of Americans thought it was the correct move.

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Fully 70 percent of Americans oppose sending more troops, and a like number don't think such an increase would help stabilize the situation there. The telephone survey of 1,002 adults was conducted Monday through Wednesday night, when the president made his speech calling for an increase in troops. News had already surfaced before the polling period that Bush wanted to boost U.S. forces in Iraq.

Democrats are far more inclined to oppose an increase of troops, with 87 percent against the idea, compared to 42 percent of Republicans. Overall, 52 percent of Republicans support an increase in troops, although some key GOP constituencies are opposed. For example, 60 percent of white evangelical Christians oppose the idea and 56 percent of self-described conservatives are opposed.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070111/ap_on_re_us/iraq_ap_poll

FULL POLL RESULTS HERE --> http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/client/act_dsp_pdf.cfm?name=mr070111-1topline.pdf&id=3325

[Kikosexy2]

1. If this ...

doesn't scream TIME FOR IMPEACHMENT then I don't know what does...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. If I read this right

only 35% now think it was right to go to war, and 70% disagree with the surge. That means that 5% who still think it was right to go to war realize that it is stupid and wrong to escalate.

[Algorem]

3. How much longer will America tolerate Dick Tater?

[sendero]

15. DictatorTot n/t

[lancdem]

4. His overall approval rating is only 32 percent in that poll

saw that on the AP-Ipsos Web site.

[Kixel]

6. Who are...

The people in that 32%? What is wrong with them?

[rfranklin]

5. The "haves" and "have mores" still support him....

and that's what counts. He is securing the oil fields for exploitation and expanding international markets through military might, so the big money boys and girls are loving it. The voters and the polls do not have any influence.

[wordpix]

7. means nothing to * & his war profiteering corporate cowhores. Gotta secure the oil before we

"leave."

Is BushCo going to leave his new military bases behind for some local militias to take over? I doubt it. And he won't leave the oil behind, either.

:puke: :grr:

[Amonester]

10. And the boys 'n girls in the military are going to continue...

losing their (young) lives, or/and limbs, or/and sanity, to (try to) "secure" the pipelines and oil refineries, and all that, at the expense of the taxpayers's increasing national debt, while the fat cats of the petroleum cartels reap billions in cash bonuses every fiscal year.

Sacrifice, anyone? :grr:

[Mark E. Smith]

8. 32% Approval? Nice!

He'll be in the 20s shortly. Failure City.

[Contrary1]

9. Rasmussen still has him at 39%

Even so, that is a 5% drop from yesterday.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

[Ninja Jordan]

18. Rasmussen is a right-wing outlier

[corkhead]

11. At least Lyndon Johnson saw the writing on the wall. This stubborn dickhead is too stupid to know

I am afraid things are going to get worse before they get better.

:banghead:

[focusfan]

12. i wish they could cut off funding

for this bogus war that we had no bussiness getting into.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. WOW NO BUMP??????

People I can smell impeachment in the air... yep it is organic, but the system is starting to work....

[antiimperialist]

14. 37 bodies found tortured in Baghdad

6 Shia kidnapped in a bus along with the driver.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/12/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq.php

[orleans]

16. it's not ESCALATION! IT'S "AUGMENTATION" as in "condi wants a

breast augmentation"

that bitch is calling this an augmentation?

omg!

[peacetalksforall]

17. All hail the religious right and the baron/PNAC group for whom

this escalation escalates.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

19. He is impeached as soon as the first bomb hits Iranian soil.

Iran is probably hoping the idiot does it so they will be rid of him

[mainegreen]

20. Who the hell are these 32% people?

Seriously, I want to know so we can get them professional psychological counseling.

[aggiesal]

21. So 58% of Republican support the escalation ...

How many of these supporters, or their kids, will be a part
of the 20,000 new troops being sent?

I'm willing to bet, near 0%.

[Contrary1]

22. And down he goes another 4% at RW Rasmussen today

35!!! Lowest he's been in quite a while.