I don’t mean to belabor the point, but I think it’s important to remember — for policy and political reasons — that when it comes to the war in Iraq, the public and Republicans in DC are not on the same page.<\/p>\n
Last week, the New York Times released a poll<\/a> showing a clear majority of the public prefers a timeline for [tag]withdrawal[\/tag] of U.S. [tag]troops[\/tag] to an open-ended commitment. Today, Gallup was even more specific<\/a>.<\/p>\n A new Gallup poll released today revealed another upward bump in the number of Americans who now want a [tag]complete[\/tag] U.S. troop withdrawal from [tag]Iraq[\/tag] in the next 12 months.<\/p>\n That number now stands at 55%, with 19% supporting immediate withdrawal and another 36% wanting it done by August 2007.<\/p>\n “While the percentage of Americans who favor a withdrawal of all U.S. troops either now or within a year is not a supermajority, it is a majority, suggesting that the [tag]Democratic[\/tag] leadership is speaking to an issue that resonates with many Americans,” Frank Newport, director of the Gallup Poll, writes today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As E&P added, another majority, 54%, now say that the U.S. invasion in 2003 was a “mistake.”<\/p>\n