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Interesting Wisconsin polling data
Jim Geraghty, National Review

Some eye-opening polls result from Strategic Vision in Wisconsin:

3. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq?
Approve 23%
Disapprove 68%
Undecided 9%

The media and the Dems always assume that the 68% disapproval equals 68% support for surrender. How much of that 68% is in the "disapproval" column because the respondents believe the war has not been prosecuted with sufficient vigor/competence/ruthlessness? How much is a cumulative bandwagon effect of seven-plus years of relentless Bush-bashing--"I can't approve of him, none of the other cool kids do."? The polls never say, and I suspect the question is never asked.

8. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is performing its job?
Approve 15%
Disapprove 74%
Undecided 11%

To me, this was the real eye-opener:

7. Do you believe that Democrats in Congress have a better plan to resolve the Iraq War then President Bush?
Yes 18%
No 71%
Undecided 11%

This very strongly suggests that "disapproval" on the war is not coextensive with "antiwar." See comments above.

Iraq, no longer a winning issue for Congressional Democrats. In that hawkish, hard-right state of Wisconsin. (And as one of my campaign sources points out, that question should soon shift to, "Do you believe that Democrats in Congress have a better plan to resolve the Iraq War than John McCain?")
Posted by: Mike 2008-02-13
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=226045