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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (56864)	3/31/2007 10:33:54 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 90947

Majority of Americans Back Iraq Deadline, Newsweek Poll Shows By Susan Decker March 31 (Bloomberg) -- A majority of Americans support proposed legislation that sets a goal for troop withdrawal from Iraq by March 2008, according to a Newsweek poll. The survey found 57 percent of Americans support the plan, passed this week by the U.S. Senate, while 36 percent are opposed and 7 percent are unsure. The biggest backing came from Democrats, with 81 percent, and independents, with 58 percent. Among Republicans, 28 percent supported the legislation and 64 percent opposed it. The results were similar to findings from the Pew Research Center, which said earlier this week that 59 percent of Americans supported a withdrawal deadline. President George W. Bush is threatening to veto any legislation that sets a timeline, including a House-passed proposal. Democrats say the measures impose much-needed accountability for the conduct of the war. Bush's approval ratings were unchanged from an earlier poll by Newsweek, with 33 percent approving of the job he's doing as president and 60 percent opposed. Earlier this month, he reached an all-time low of 30 percent approval, Newsweek said. Overall, 28 percent of Americans are satisfied with the direction of the country, and 66 percent are dissatisfied, according to the survey of 1,004 adults on March 28 and March 29. The results of the poll, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, have a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points for questions based on all registered voter and plus or minus 6 percentage points for registered Republicans and those leaning Republican. Gore, Edwards The poll also questioned Americans on former Vice President Al Gore and on Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. A third of respondents, or 33 percent, said Gore should run for president in 2008, and 56 percent said he shouldn't. Among Democrats, 47 percent said he should run and 39 opposed the idea. Should he decide to run, 24 percent of Americans, including 38 percent of Democrats and 6 percent of Republicans, said there's a ``good chance'' that Gore would get their vote. Edwards, who ran for vice president in 2004, was looked on favorably by 41 percent of those polled, and unfavorably by 27 percent, with 32 percent saying they didn't know. More than half, 56 percent, said he should remain in the race even though his wife, Elizabeth, has announced a recurrence of cancer, and 11 percent said it would distract him from doing his job as president were he to be elected. The poll also queried respondents on their belief in God and the role of organized religion in their lives. Nine in 10, or 91 percent, of respondents said they believe in God and almost as many, 87 percent, said they identify with a specific religion. Almost half, or 48 percent, said they reject the scientific theory of evolution, while 34 percent of college graduates said they accept the Biblical account of creation as fact.