And people wonder why Joe Lieberman lost . . .

Actually, there are a lot more reasons why Wimpy Joe lost than his fervent support of the war. It was the way he supported it. This is also a man who likes to characterize himself as a moral moderate (remember when he called out President Clinton for being immoral in the White House?). And then there were his unmerited attacks on many of his party who opposed President Bush's policy In Iraq. And he seemed delighted to be the poster boy of the Bush Administration and Right Wing pundits. I won't even go into "The Kiss." If Joe is looking for a specific moment when Connecticut voters decided to take him down, it was then.

Essentially, Joe Lieberman is a demagogue and a tool of the Bush Administration. And he needs to spend more time talking to constituents that standing alongside George Bush waiting for another kiss. The tide has moved in, and Wimpy Joe is getting his drawers wet.

60 percent of Americans oppose Iraq war

Wednesday, August 9, 2006


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sixty percent of Americans oppose the U.S. war in Iraq, the highest number since polling on the subject began with the commencement of the war in March 2003, according to poll results and trends released Wednesday.

And a majority of poll respondents said they would support the withdrawal of at least some U.S. troops by the end of the year, according to results from the Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted last week on behalf of CNN. The corporation polled 1,047 adult Americans by telephone.



According to trends, the number of poll respondents who said they did not support the Iraq war has steadily risen as the war stretched into a second and then a third year. In the most recent poll, 36 percent said they were in favor of the war -- half of the peak of 72 percent who said they were in favor of the war as it began.

Sixty-one percent, however, said they believed at least some U.S. troops should be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. Of those, 26 percent said they would favor the withdrawal of all troops, while 35 percent said not all troops should be withdrawn. Another 34 percent said they believed the current level of troops in Iraq should be maintained.

Asked about a timetable for withdrawal of troops from Iraq, 57 percent of poll respondents said they supported the setting of such a timetable, while 40 percent did not and 4 percent had no opinion. Only half the sample, or about 524 people, was asked the timetable question.

The Bush administration has maintained that setting a timetable or deadline for withdrawal would only help terrorists.

Americans were nearly evenly split on whether the U.S. would win the war in Iraq. Forty-seven percent of poll respondents either said the United States would "definitely win" or "probably win." Another 48 percent either said the United States could not win, or could win -- but will not win.

The poll was conducted August 2 and 3. Its margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points, and plus or minus 4.5 percentage points for questions asked of half-samples.