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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (30423)	10/22/2003 10:23:28 PM
From: elpolvo	Respond to of 89467

sometimes it works in mysterious ways... i asked google why he wanted to know but the answer it gave me was what karen wants you to know: Do you want to know who the Americans running Iraq really are? transnational.org oh well, life is a mystery... i ask about the sky but the answer is about a rope.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (30423)	10/24/2003 8:59:31 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Here's a lot for the current crop of Democratic contenders to ponder... democracycorps.com <<...The country still wants to continue the Bush direction on the war on terrorism. (64 to the 32 percent who want significant change). While the country is looking for change and increasingly, new leadership, it is not seeking an anti-war President. Large majorities of the country think it was right to remove Saddam Hussein. The war on terrorism continues and the Democratic Presidential candidates will surely advocate carrying it forward in effective and credible ways. But the public is in a very different mood with respect to Iraq and with respect to our relations with our allies and countries around the world. Just 48 percent believe the war was worth the cost, while 46 percent now say it was not. Support for the war has dropped in every poll, including this one, since May. While 49 percent say they want to continue Bush’s direction on Iraq, 47 percent say they want to go in a significantly different direction. On foreign policy, more voters now say they want to go in a significantly different direction than continue with Bush (47 to 45 percent). People understand the instability and the cost of a unilateralist foreign policy, borne in the front line by the troops and paid here at home with reduced funding for essential programs. Bush continues to lose people’s confidence in this critical area. When it comes to the 87 billion dollars, voters are conflicted because they do not want to leave the troops exposed. In this survey, 47 percent support the money and 49 percent oppose, though there are many more strong opponents. But when it comes to the vote in Congress, a majority opts for "yes," largely because of the argument to support the troops. The biggest bloc of voters agrees with a member .who votes yes to support the troops but expresses many doubts about the open-ended reconstruction aid...>>