DO AMERICANS SUPPORT THE WAR?
We were talking about this over lunch, so I looked for the numbers. I claimed at lunch that a majority of Americans were strongly supportive of the war before, during, and after, and that the proportion who thought the war was worth it had only recently dipped below 50%, and that not by much. According to these polls, I was mistaken about the last point: a (small) majority of Americans still think the war was worth it. And that it was right. And that it was justified. Also, the proportion in favor has not varied much over time, which is good to hear: respondents to these polls are not, it seems, unduly fickle. These polls are a week old, so maybe the numbers have dipped. But I don't think there's any reason to think that Iraq will be a major factor against Bush in November.