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According to a CBS Poll, Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s lead over Republican John McCain has grown after the Democratic convention, which 71 percent of Americans say they watched. Obama and his running mate Joe Biden now lead McCain and Sarah Palin 48 percent to 40 percent, according to the latest CBS News poll.
This is the [...]

Most Americans see President George W. Bush as too inflexible on the war in Iraq and prefer that the Democratic-run Congress have the final word on when to withdraw U.S. forces, a Washington Post/ABC News poll showed on Monday.
I guess when you fuck up for this long people start to lose faith in you, huh? [...]

A record number of Americans disapprove of the war in Iraq, and a clear majority now favors the eventual withdrawal of U.S. forces, even if civil order has not been restored there — potentially a tipping point in public attitudes on the war.
While solutions remain vexing, for the first time ABC News/Washington Post polls show [...]

Support for President Bush’s management of the Iraq war has dropped to an all-time low even as his overall approval remains tepid but steady, according to a CNN poll released Monday.
The survey, conducted Friday through Sunday by Opinion Research Corp., found support for Bush’s handling of the Iraq conflict has decreased to 28 percent from [...]

New polling reports came out recently:
67% of Americans feel Bush is dishonest and unethical.
82% of Americans feel Bush is ?too stubborn.?
58% of Americans disagree with Bush?s foreign policy and actions with the war (merely a year ago this number was around 48%).
36% approve of his job handling (the lowest since he?s been in office, also [...]

Evangelicals, Republican women, Southerners and other critical groups in President Bush’s political coalition are worried about the direction the nation is headed and disappointed with his performance, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
That unease could be a troubling sign for a White House already struggling to keep the Republican Party base from slipping over Supreme Court nominee [...]

For the first time in Bush’s presidential history, his approval rating has dipped below 40%. Last week the AP-Ipsos poll found that only 39% of Americans approve of Bush’s job handling. A poll by Newsweek found only 38% approving.
On another interesting note, last week a Zogby poll found for the first time more people having [...]