Americans are ready to be done with the “Pottery Barn rule” in Iraq. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Annenberg survey found a plurality of Americans – 49% — say Washington does not have any responsibility to assist the Iraqi government fend off the insurgent groups seeking its overthrow, a split […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters say Obama ‘disengaged,’ US losing its standing
A majority of voters describes President Obama’s leadership as “disengaged,” and almost all continue to believe the nation’s reputation is declining, according to the latest Fox News poll. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
President Obama reaches new low on Iraq
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 »