Americans Don't Believe bushCo On Iraq (sound familiar, Rummy?)

[LynnTheDem]

WaPo's new poll demonstrates that Americans no longer believe the bush Administration when it discusses Iraq:

A majority of Americans reject claims by the bush administration that the insurgency in Iraq is weakening and are divided on whether victory over the insurgents will have a major impact on terrorism elsewhere in the world, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

. . . Barely one in five Americans -- 22 percent -- say they believe that the insurgency is getting weaker while 24 percent believe it is strengthening. More than half -- 53 percent -- say resistance to U.S. and Iraqi government forces has not changed.

More than a third of all Republicans -- 35 percent -- said the insurgents were growing weaker in Iraq, compared to 13 percent of all Democrats and 19 percent of all political independents.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062700270_pf.html

As Dkos points out, this means:

65% of Republicans, 81% of Independents and 87% of Democrats do not believe the insurgency in Iraq is weakening.

Hey, republicans aren't so far behind the Reality Ball in this poll. Amazing!