Delusional Hopes, Dashed Dreams

Democrats will get their hopes dashed again if they think they've got the advantage because of their new unity on Iraq. Here's what they're saying about their new 'unity':
"I think people want change in Iraq," said New York Sen. Charles Schumer who heads the effort to get Democrats elected to the Senate. "The Democratic Party is united in terms of that change...and we're feeling good about it."
Sen. Schumer is kidding himself if he thinks that most people want us out of Iraq without achieving our goals there. I've seen poll after poll that says that they don't approve of the job President Bush is doing on Iraq. Until recently, I hadn't seen anything in the specific questions that's asked if we should pull out, stay the course or send in more troops to clean up the security in Baghdad. Here's something I posted last week:
"Only 19 percent of Americans favor an immediate pullout" and "only 30 percent of Democrats favor that option," Gallup reported at the end of last month. That poll also found that 38 percent of Americans support staying in Iraq "as many years to do this as are needed" and an additional 7 percent want to send in more troops.
There isn't a Democrat not named Lieberman who's in favor of staying long enough to win the war. The rest are for pulling out at different intervals. That's at odds with 45 percent of those polled. That isn'tmuch of a margin between Democrats' 'Cut-and-Walk' or 'Cut-And-Run' plans.
"I think the American people found their voice, and they are listening to us," Reid said on Friday. "I think the American people are where we are. I always felt we were unified. Now we seem more unified."
Sen. Reid will have his dreams shattered this November if he's counting on a big 'immediate redeployment' or 'phased redeployment' vote because those options just aren't that popular.


Posted Sunday, August 6, 2006 1:56 AM

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