The Gateway Pundit, is reporting that the popularity of our current course in Iraq has undergone a massive change over the last few months. 40 percent of Americans now believe that the Surge is Working, another 21 percent either are sure or don't want to admit reality and yet another 12% believe the surge is making things worse, clearly they are either are smok'n Obama's stuff or they are rooting for al-Qaeda, which is more likely than not.
Check out his post in Gateway Pundit: Ruh-Roh! Surging Iraq Poll Numbers May Spell Doom for Cut & Run Party:
Melanie Morgan at World Net Daily reported on this poll:Check out the comment left...
It's a huge, stunning shift in the polls that is undoubtedly going to shake up the 2008 elections.
From down 21 percent to now up by 6 percent the new polls (just released) show the swing in momentum, one that has been remarkable by the media's silence on the matter. The tectonic swing in public opinion is taking place under radar and no one is talking about it...
But month after month of progress by U.S. and Coalition troops have managed to pierce through the lies of the liberal mainstream media, and the American people are learning the truth: Our troops are winning in Iraq.
While the September 2007 CBS/New York Times poll showed that more Americans thought 'the surge' was making 'no impact' (51 percent) than thought the surge was making things 'better' (30 percent), the outlook today is much more promising.
If the leftists really believe that the American Public wants to "Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory" in Iraq then they are sadly mistaken.
I for one would love to make that the defining issue in this fall's campaign. I doubt that the Dem's leadership will be that stupid.
For the latest numbers on just what is happening in Iraq check out Redstate - Meanwhile, back in Iraq:
It has the numbers and graphs detailing the continuing decrease in Civilian Causalities, increases in Electrical Generation, which are now above prewar levels, increases in Oil Output, now above prewar averages and nearing a record 2.5 million barrels per day, and last but not least, Oil Revenue is now triple what it was before the war, that is right Oil Revenue is triple what it was before the war. Sphere: Related Content
Do you guys have any idea about the difference between "the surge is making things better" and "we should stay in Iraq forever?"
Actually, the last year has disproven one of the favorite right-wing talking points, that Americans don't want to leave Iraq, they just don't want to "lose." The MSM's "surge is working" mantra has convinced more Americans that the surge has made Iraq better (in fact, it made Iraq worse and the lowered violence came in September 2007, for other reasons), but there has been no shift in the polls on the question of whether we should start a phased withdrawal. Most Americans understand that we cannot "win" in Iraq and that it is in America's interests to set a timetable for withdrawal, regardless of whether or not the surge is "working."
Also, it's hilarious that Barnes's article a) Quotes Bush as saying that things were OK in Iraq in 2005 and early 2006 (of course, Iraq was in hell in 2005-6, and the Samarra bombing merely made it harder to deny what was already true). No wonder Bush thinks that the reduction of violence to hellish 2005 levels means that the surge is working; b) Admits as an aside that political reconciliation "hasn't amounted to much," which means that Barnes admits that the surge has failed (since Bush announced it as a way of creating political reconciliation).
But hey, at least you can be happy that the MSM buried the fact that the recent de-Ba'athification legislation will actually make political reconciliation harder. The MSM will continue pushing the storyline that the surge is great and we ought to stay forever, and normal people won't care - because unlike Bush, who cares more about his legacy than about America, normal people care more about doing what's right for America and getting the hell out of Iraq.