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Newhouse

I'll ignore your personal remarks but please let me remind you of the forum's policies.



Now for your question: [quote=newhouse1390
Tell me what makes you think the opinion of the war is sinking fast?[/QUOTE]


How about these numbers -

"We'd like your opinion of the way George W. Bush is handling certain aspects of his job. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling the situation in Iraq?"

Approve Disapprove Unsure
% % %
11/10-11/05 30 65 5
9/29-30/05 33 62 5
9/8-9/05 36 60 4
8/2-4/05 34 61 5
3/17-18/05 41 54 5
5/13-14/04 35 57 8
4/8-9/04 44 51 5
3/25-26/04 44 50 6
2/19-20/04 45 47 8
1/8-9/04 50 43 7
12/18-19/03 53 39 8
12/11-12/03 45 50 5
11/6-7/03 42 51 7
10/23-24/03 48 45 7
10/9-10/03 44 49 7
9/25-26/03 47 46 7
9/18-19/03 46 47 7
9/11-12/03 51 42 7
8/21-22/03 54 40 6
7/24-25/03 58 36 6
7/10-11/03 53 39 8
5/29-30/03 65 29 6
5/1-2/03 69 26 5

Or how about these:

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Nov. 4-7, 2005. N=1,003 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1 (for all adults). RV = registered voters


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"In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that George W. Bush is doing in handling the situation in Iraq?" Half-sample (Form B)


.
Approve Disapprove Unsure
% % %
11/4-7/05 32 64 4
9/9-12/05 37 58 5
7/8-11/05 39 55 6
5/12-16/05 44 52 4

Or these:

"And do you feel more confident or less confident that the war in Iraq will come to a successful conclusion?" Half-sample (Form B)


.
More
Confident Less
Confident Depends/
Some of
Both (vol.) Unsure
% % % %
11/4-7/05 32 58 6 4
10/8-10/05 35 56 4 5
7/8-11/05 36 55 5 4
5/12-16/05 40 50 6 4
3/31 - 4/3/05 44 45 6 5
2/10-14/05 47 43 5 5
1/13-17/05 41 48 6 5
12/9-13/04 41 48 6 5

Need I go on?

The tables didn't format very well but to summarize the first one: Approve of the way Bush is handling the war = 69% in May 2003 going steadinly downward to 30% last week. Sinking fast? Not nearly fast enough.

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