They never poll me on a Monday, a Tuesday…
New WSJ poll:
“As the Democrat-controlled Congress and the White House clash over an Iraq spending bill, with President Bush vowing to veto it because it contains withdrawal deadlines, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that a solid majority of Americans side with the Democrats.
In addition, a nearly equal number believe that victory in Iraq isn’t possible, and about only one in eight think the war has improved in the three months since Bush called for a troop increase there.
“They don’t see the surge working,” says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. Instead, they are saying “we need to get out.”
Hmmmm, poll was conducted when?
April 20 (Friday) through 23 (Monday), when it’s well known conservatives (true Republicans) are NOT home as we have more to do than Liberals who do stay home and answer phones.
Still, fact is that the administration hasn’t done a great job in getting the successes of the surge out, and there have been significant successes. Americans don’t need a lot to help to make them believe, but remember that they are deluged every night by only the negative side of the story.
Winning a war is more than just killing bad guys, it’s also about winning the hearts the Nation to the cause. In every war there has been a significant effort to win this battle at home, but since Vietnam when the antiwar left won the propagada war via the liberal media, it hasn’t been easy. Unfortunately this administration seems at times completely enept in promoting their passion for victory to the American people - who I believe above all else want to win.




April 26th, 2007 at 6:16 am
Ed, just because the great unwashed middle hasn’t yet heard that the surge is working doesn’t imply that the administration is not competently getting the message out.
It’s hard to get your message out when the microphone is controlled by your enemies.
The bulk of the political center in this country is politically illiterate. They their news from a combination of late-night comedians and a quick look at the headlines on the front page of their newspaper as they make a beeline for the sports pages or the funny pages.
Democrat control of the “Zeitgeist” is a key part of their power.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:13 am
I have to admit, you lost me on this one. Normally, we claim that polling on weekdays under-represents Republicans, because we are at work. Now it is claimed you can’t reach us on weekends, either.
Maybe Republicans are just unpollable.