The latest CNN/ORC Poll found warning signs for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, but for his brother, former President George W. Bush, the poll reveals some happier news: For the first time in a decade, more Americans say they like him than dislike him. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Obama’s Job Approval Suffers Amid Economic and ISIS Worries
Persistent economic anxiety at home and the advance of Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria are complicating life for Barack Obama, helping push his job approval rating back under water, to its lowest of the year. Forty-five percent of Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll approve of Obama’s […] Read more »
ISIS campaign as unpopular as Iraq offensive before 2007 surge
Americans are as dissatisfied with the U.S. military campaign against ISIS as they were during the Iraq War’s least popular days, according to a new CNN/ORC poll released Monday. And nearly the same percent of people blame President Barack Obama’s policies for the current situation in Iraq as those who […] Read more »
Echoes of Iraq war sound in 2016 presidential race
Every war casts a long shadow, from the heroism of the Greatest Generation to the dark ambiguities of Vietnam. It was inevitable, then, that the 2016 presidential candidates would be confronted with the war in Iraq. Twelve years on, the broad questions raised by the invasion — about trust in […] Read more »
Republicans want to make Iraq a winning issue in 2016 — and it just might work
Republican presidential hopefuls are actively angling to turn Iraq — an unpopular war that sent George W. Bush’s approval ratings to record lows — into a winning issue for their party in 2016. And there’s reason to believe it just might work. While the Iraq war continues to be unpopular, […] Read more »
Americans ‘remember’ opposing the Iraq War
Americans’ memories of their own past beliefs about the 2003 Iraq War are tinged with their current feelings about what has taken place there since and what is taking place there now. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, just 38% admit that they supported sending troops to Iraq in 2003. Less […] Read more »