Seeing the new Rasmussen and ARG numbers Kos posted in the Midday Open Thread made me lick my chops for more slow-roasted Republican meat.
So I headed to PollingReport to see if there were any new tasty tidbits. And, lo, there was.
A poll (PDF) by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Americans Against Escalation in Iraq might add a little cement to some antiwar congressional spines.
Come see.
The poll, taken of likely voters in 50 competitive, suburban districts, shows voters deeply dissatisfied with the war in Iraq and looking to the Congress to rein in Junior's escalation.
Indeed 62 percent of voters in suburban districts--including two-thirds of voters in Republican-held districts, want Congress to send the President a new bill with some sort of restriction or deadline.
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Interestingly, opposition to Bush's policies is stronger in Republican-held suburban districts than Democratic-held districts. . .
Hmm. I wonder why Republican voters would be more opposed to the escalation that Democrats. Maybe they know that being seen as abetting Commander Guy's war is bad for your electoral health. In that case, what should Democrats who want to keep their seats in '08 do?
Democratic incumbents in suburban districts are strengthened by confronting the President on the Iraq spending bill debate. Indeed, voters agree with Democrats in Congress over President Bush by a 10-point margin and blame the President by 18-points. But more importantly, Democratic incumbents in suburban districts enhanced their standing throughout this debate as their job approval improved consistently since early March and, infact, reached its highest point after the President's veto with 54 percent of voters spproving their member's job performance.
Okay, critters, you get it now?
Forget the Friedmans and the Broders, ignore the Hannitys and the Mitchells. And never mind the blogonauts here who shout, "Traitor!" and "Never again!"
Pissing us off is going to cost to some nice, early contributions, but we're not the sweet nougat center of your voting bloc. No, that would be the soccer moms and NASCAR dads out their in their 10 mpg SUVs, telling the kids in back to shut up and put on another Dora the Explorer DVD. They're the ones you should be listening to.
And you know what they're saying? They're saying put the brakes on Junior! Hell, jam a stick in the spokes of his little trail bike if you have to. Take the advice of the thoroughly-mocked Hair Guy and send that same porky, timetabled funding bill right back to him and make him veto it again. Then send it back again. And again.
They're loving you out there in SUV Land, Dems. Give 'em what they want.