Utahns break from Bush on Iraq-Reddest state no longer behind war's handling, split on 'surge'

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_4966131

President Bush has lost majority support on Iraq from residents of the reddest state in the nation.

A Salt Lake Tribune poll conducted last week shows Utah's support for Bush's handling of the war in Iraq has taken a substantial plunge in the past few months. Just 41 percent of Utahns say they support Bush on Iraq - marking the first time a Tribune poll has found fewer than half of Utahns in the president's war camp.

Meanwhile, the poll shows Utahns about evenly split on whether to send more troops to Iraq. About 44 percent of Utahns back a "surge" - an option Bush reportedly is considering, and which has much lower nationwide support.

Less than six months ago, with Bush and two senior members of his Cabinet in town to shore up support in the state that gave him his largest margin of victory in two elections, 54 percent of Utahns supported him on Iraq, according to a Tribune poll conducted in August. That rate exceeded national numbers collected at the same time by about 20 percent.

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Polls have consistently shown national support for such an option at less than 20 percent over the past year. The rate of support for a surge in Iraq among voters in Utah - which though vastly conservative has sent fewer service members to fight in the nation's current wars than most other states - is twice as high, according to the poll.

[orleans]

1. if utah has supported this war so much why the hell haven't they put their money where

their mouths are??

"though vastly conservative has sent fewer service members to fight in the nation's current wars than most other states "

(bunch of fucking chickenhawks)


and now, pretty soon, george is gonna have to play hide and seek with his base: "no base under here..."

but by then it won't matter will it?

[LeftyMom]

2. Because Utah's young men are riding bikes and annoying strangers.

I fucking hate busybodies and their interruptions, but I'd rather my kid be "Elder" Smith than Private Smith. Much less likely to get his ass shot off that way.

[Erika]

3. Utah backs strong national defense

As long as someone else's kids do the dying.

[goforit]

6. Time for the recruiters to knock on their Christian Crusade Doors!

[orleans]

7. no kidding. and stalk their kids in the malls and at their schools. n/t

[radfringe]

4. ummm

"I think Utah is like the canary in the coal mine for Bush," Jowers said. "If he loses Utah, the state that has been most steadfast in supporting him, he has to know it can't get much lower."

.....bush doesn't pay attention to canaries either

[yellowcanine]

9. Dick Cheney will shoot the canary. "See Dick shoot. See the canary fall."

[Massachusetts]

5. Why did it take so long for Americans to figure this fiasco out?

Is the American public really that naive?

"Without promotion something terrible happens... Nothing!”
-P.T. Barnum

[yellowcanine]

8. Ruh Roh. If he has lost the Mormons can the S. Baptists be far behind?