New Q-Poll - Bush Pushback Failing

According to a new Quinnipiac Poll, the public is not buying into Bush's latest Iraq pushback strategy on either front. Support for immediate withdrawal from Iraq is as high as 40 percent now, with 4 percent asking for a withdrawal deadline of 6 months, and 10 percent supporting a withdrawal deadline of 1 year. Only 34 percent believe there should be "no deadline". In other words, Bush has convinced nobody that setting a withdrawal timetable is a bad thing.

On the honesty front, 49 percent believe the Bush Administration "intentional misled" the US public on pre-war intelligence, while 46 believe the Administration told what it believed to be the truth. Again, the honesty pushback scheme did nothing to sway the public.

Bush's approval rating is 40, with disapproval at 54. Cheney and Congress are much worse. All are historic lows for the Q-Poll.

It seems that public opinion has hardened on these questions. Quinnipiac hadn't polled these Iraq-related questions in a very long time. It's pretty clear that a PR effort on a "Plan for Victory" won't do much for Bush.