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Gallup: Surge Approval Surges
Weekly Standard Blog —
Gallup reports:
A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds nearly half of Americans saying the U.S. troop surge in Iraq, now over, has made the situation there better, up from 40% in February and just 22% a year ago. Accordingly, the percentage believing the surge "is not making much difference" has declined from 51% a year ago, and 38% in February, to just 32%.
Gallup notes: "Americans' views about the surge have been, and remain, highly politicized. However, all three partisan groups -- ...
Remainders: Conventions, experience and angry Hiltons
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
Time’s Michael Scherer reads the new Quinnipiac numbers and suggests McCain’s focus on energy is the best way for him to talk economics.
Gallup finds the number of Americans who approve of the surge is increasing.
McCain’s 2000 communications director, Dan Schnur, gives Romney a major thumbs-down in The New York Times.
Jindal may be out of the veepstakes, but Ruffini’s pushing him for convention speaker.
Speaking of which, is the convention bounce a myth?
McClatchy ...
How Rotten Is the American Media?... Only Half of US Believe Bush Surge Was Successful
Gateway Pundit —
Gallop today announced that only half of Americans now believe the Bush Surge of troops in Iraq was successful. Today violence in Iraq is down 90% from last year. Today 15 of 18 benchmarks in Iraq have been met. Today Al-Qaeda in Iraq is defeated. This month only six Americans were killed in Iraq from hostile action. The US and Iraq saw continued success in Iraq this month. US monthly toll in Iraq is at its lowest point since the 2003 ...
