A new poll was just released on the Washington Post website.
Under the headline Poll: Americans Find Bush Unyielding on Iraq--Majority Says Congress Should Have Final Say on Troop Withdrawal comes even more proof that Americans want Congress to do the right thing now.
Most Americans see President Bush as intransigent on Iraq and prefer that the Democratic-controlled Congress make decisions over a possible withdrawal of U.S. forces, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
As the president and Congress move toward a possible constitutional confrontation over the war, both receive negative marks from the public for their handling of the situation in Iraq. But by a large margin, Americans trust the Democrats rather than the president to find a solution to a conflict that remains enormously unpopular. And more than six in 10 in the new poll said Congress should have the final say on when to bring the troops home.
Actual poll results here.
Some other tidbits...
- Bush's overall approval rating equals its all-time low in Post-ABC News polls at 33 percent, with 65 percent disapproving.
- Even among those Americans who said they had served or had a close personal friend or relative who served in Iraq, just 38 percent approve of Bush's handling of the war.
- [Bush's] posture is now viewed by majorities of Democrats, independents and even Republicans as too inflexible. Asked whether Bush is willing enough to change policies in Iraq, nearly eight in 10 Americans said no.