President Obama receives his worst marks yet for handling the situation in Iraq, with 52 percent disapproving and strong negative sentiment now outpacing strong approval by 2 to 1 (34 to 17 percent) in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. CONT. Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »
Poll Finds Criticism of Obama on Iraq Despite Agreement on Ground Forces
More Americans disapprove than approve of Barack Obama’s response to the situation in Iraq, even while the public broadly agrees with his decision not to send U.S. combat forces there. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll marks the difficulties Obama faces in crafting a popular response to the deepening crisis. […] Read more »
Poll Finds Dissatisfaction Over Iraq
Dissatisfaction with President Obama’s conduct of foreign policy has shot up among both Republicans and Democrats in the past month, even though a slim majority supports his recent decision to send military advisers to Iraq to confront the growing threat from militants there, according to the latest New York Times/CBS […] Read more »
Most Americans say Iraq war wasn’t worth the costs
Discussions of U.S. involvement in stemming the violence in Iraq are occurring amid a backdrop of highly negative views of the Iraq war, a new CBS News/New York Times poll out Monday reveals. Just 18 percent of Americans think the result of the war in Iraq was worth the loss […] Read more »
Lagging approval for Obama overall and on Iraq
President Obama receives low marks for his handling of the situation in Iraq: just 37 percent approve, and 52 percent disapprove. While most Democrats approve, nearly a third of them disapproves. Moreover, more than two-thirds of Americans do not think Mr. Obama has clearly explained what the U.S. goals are […] Read more »
Many Americans wary of U.S. role in Iraq
Fifty percent of Americans think the U.S. doesn’t have a responsibility to do something about the recent violence in Iraq, while fewer – 42 percent — think the U.S. does, a CBS News/New York Times poll reveals. … Some 41 percent of Americans think President Obama’s response to the violence […] Read more »