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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (16790)	11/19/2003 1:22:16 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793800

I thought this was going to be a bad week for Bush, but everything is coming up Roses. The London protests have tanked. They really make the British media look bad. They were gleeful about Bush getting nailed. BBC tried their best to promote trouble, and the crowds are really no bigger than the normal crowds that protest Blair all the time. Bush would have a landslide if just the percentage of people who favor him in the Gallup poll out today voted for him. POLL ANALYSES November 19, 2003 Gallup Company War Support Steady Despite Growing Concern With U.S. Handling of Iraq More than half express some uncertainty in their view on Iraq by Jeffrey M. Jones GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- While a growing percentage of Americans disapprove of how the United States is handling the situation in Iraq since the major fighting ended, support for the war effort is holding steady, with 56% saying the effort was worth it. The latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll also finds that Americans lean toward saying the war was the right thing to do, but less than half are very confident in that view. The public believes that order in Iraq and a stable Iraqi government are more likely to be achieved if U.S. troops remain in that country for the next three years, rather than withdrawing all troops in the next six months. However, most Americans believe forces who oppose the United States will grow stronger and that American casualties will continue to occur at least as frequently as they do now if the U.S. military remains in Iraq for three years. The poll, conducted Nov. 14-16, finds 55% of Americans disapproving and 42% approving of the way the United States has handled the situation in Iraq since the major fighting ended. This is a more negative assessment than the public had in late October, when 50% disapproved and 47% approved. In April -- about two weeks after the fall of Baghdad -- the results were dramatically different, as 80% of Americans approved and only 18% disapproved. Nevertheless, support for the Iraq war has held steady over the past month. Fifty-six percent of Americans say the situation in Iraq was worth going to war over, while 42% say it was not. Since falling to a low of 50% in mid-September, between 54% and 56% of Americans have said the war effort was worth it. On the night Baghdad fell to coalition forces, 76% of Americans said the war was worth it. All in All, Do You Think the Situation in Iraq Is/Was Worth Going to War Over, or Not? Another question in the poll finds that Americans, by a 3-to-2 margin, lean toward saying the war was the right thing (51%) rather than the wrong thing (31%) to do. Eighteen percent say it is too soon to tell or do not express an opinion. But these data also reveal that there is much uncertainty among Americans. In fact, 54% of Americans are less than fully confident in their assessments of the war. Among those who are confident, supporters outnumber detractors by a nearly 2-to-1 margin (30% to 16%). gallup.com