{"id":6023,"date":"2005-12-07T15:44:06","date_gmt":"2005-12-07T20:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=6023"},"modified":"2005-12-07T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2005-12-07T20:44:06","slug":"maybe-its-a-cut-and-run-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/maybe-its-a-cut-and-run-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe it’s a cut-and-run nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

There seems to be great consternation<\/a> among Dem leaders every time a high-profile Dem criticizes the war, but according to one new national poll<\/a>, the public’s views aren’t terribly different from the party’s.<\/p>\n

[A]lmost 60 percent of voters say the U.S. should withdraw its troops from Iraq, with 40 percent who say get out immediately, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. Another 4 percent say get out in six months; 10 percent say get out in one year and 5 percent say get out in two to three years. Only 34 percent of voters oppose setting a deadline or immediate withdrawal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The wording of the question is pretty important: “Do you support or oppose withdrawing American troops from Iraq immediately? (If not immediately) Do you support or oppose setting a firm deadline for withdrawing American troops from Iraq? (If support deadline) When should U.S. troops be withdrawn from Iraq? In 6 months, in 1 year, in 2 years, or in 3 years?”<\/p>\n

Given the phrasing, and the recent White House offensive against an “immediate withdrawal” and “artificial timetables,” I expected the results to lean in Bush’s favor, at least a little. But according to Quinnipiac, a plurality (40%) wants an immediate withdrawal, with another 14% supporting a deadline of no more than a year. Only a third of the country agrees with the president’s contention that there should be no timetable and no deadlines.<\/p>\n

Does this mean we should expect a press release from the RNC condemning Americans for joining the cut-and-run caucus<\/a>? For supporting “surrender to terrorists<\/a>“? For embracing a strategy of “retreat and defeat<\/a>“? It’s unlikely.<\/p>\n

After all the rhetorical bromides and hand-wringing, the fact remains that the country isn’t nearly as enthusiastic about “stay the course” as the president and his political allies would like to believe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There seems to be great consternation among Dem leaders every time a high-profile Dem criticizes the war, but according to one new national poll, the public’s views aren’t terribly different from the party’s. [A]lmost 60 percent of voters say the U.S. should withdraw its troops from Iraq, with 40 percent who say get out immediately, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}