This poll also has Pres. Bush's approval @ 39%
Congress @ 29%
Pres.Bush lame duck = 53%
Which party do you trust protecting against terrorism Rats=30 Repubs=39. Independents were 35% Repubs, 14% Rats.
more in the pdf here http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/poll_031606.pdf
People polled: Rats 37% Repubs 36%
I like to quote the TV media approval rating of 19% vs Bush at 39%. Look who's talking!
If diplomacy fails, 54 percent of Americans support using air strikes only to stop Iran from getting nukes, up from 51 percent in January,
Which is interpreted to mean they favor pre-emptive strikes but..
and 42 percent support using air strikes and ground troops, down from 46 percent.
And here we have...The portion supporting the use of "whatever military force is necessary" dropped 9 percentage points, from 59 percent in January to 50 percent today.
So only 42% support ground troops, but 50% support whatever is necessary?
In summary...if I take this poll and all like it seriously? I find the American people a) need therapy b) this poll is junk.
Really, truly, and with all sincerity I've damn well had it with polls that obviously contradict themselves and are nothing more than products of a manufactured news environment. This is why pols are idiots to base their lives around them. You could go mad trying to reconcile the irreconcilable.
That's a pretty strong independent swing to the GOP side of the issue. I wonder how many of those are disaffected former Republican party members?