The new crop of congressional critters say they want to listen to the people and cut the deficit. Perhaps this would be a good place to start listening and cutting.
Sixty-three percent of people questioned in the poll say they oppose the war, with 35 percent saying they support the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.
“The war has not always been unpopular – back in March, when a majority thought that the war was going well, the country was evenly divided. But by September, the number who said that things were going well for the U.S. in Afghanistan had dropped to 44 percent, and opposition to the war had grown to 58 percent,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “Today, with Americans remaining pessimistic about the situation in Afghanistan, they also remain opposed to the war.”
The survey indicates a partisan divide, with three-quarters of Democrats and more then six in ten independent voters opposed to the war, and Republicans supporting it by a 52 to 44 percent margin. A minority of Democrats and independents say the war is going well, with a majority of Republicans saying things are going well for the U.S.
Even Republican support is just barely over 50%. Over the next year Afghanistan will increasingly become a US war as our partners realize they can’t afford to throw more blood and treasure into a bottomless pit.
Tip of the hat to my partner at Newshoggers.