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 [Tales from the Trail] Fewer Americans know Iraq war fatality numbers: Did Pew ask how many Iraqi citizens have died in war related violence? As a well informed person, I’d estimate 600000 people, but I’ve not seen any attempt at such an estimate in the press in perhaps a year…

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Pew: Majority of Americans see a successful conclusion in Iraq: Public confidence in the Iraq war has risen to its highest level in almost two years. Read the rest »

[BLOGS FOR JOHN McCAIN - The Future White House of the Blogosphere] Majority of Americans Now Believe the US Will Succeed in Iraq: Even now they continue to spout their mantra that the vast majority of Americans want us out of Iraq immediately. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have both staked their campaigns on that premise.

 [The American Pundit] Support For Iraq War Highest in 2 Years: Half of self-identified independents polled now believe the United States should “keep troops in Iraq until the situation has stabilized,” according to polling data assembled by Pew at Politico’s request.

 [CentreRight] Americans optimistic about Iraq: What is not really reported is that Russia has formed an alliance with a vicious Moslem warlord in Chechnya who rules with as much cruelty as the Taleban or more, and the Americans have got into bed with the Iraqi Sunnis, the very people they went to Iraq to overthrow.

 [Media Mouse: Grand Rapids, Michigan News and Independent Media] National and International Headlines for March 13: The letters say the Iraqis will have three weeks to sign up for a voluntary return, after which they could lose state support and end up homeless. The British government says it believes Iraq is now safe for the asylum seekers--but is still asking them to sign a waiver absolving Britain of responsibility for their plight once they return to Iraqi soil.

 [Center for Media and Democracy - Publishers of PR Watch] The PR Surge is Working for McCain - More Americans See "Success ...: Politico notes that US public support for the war in Iraq "has reached a high point unseen since the summer of 2006 .According to late February polling conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, .

[Across the Aisle] Remember Iraq?: Twenty-eight percent of the public is aware that nearly 4,000 U.S. personnel have died in Iraq over the past five years, while nearly half thinks the death tally is 3,000 or fewer and 23 percent think it is higher, according to an opinion survey released yesterday. In earlier surveys, about half of those asked about the death tally responded correctly.

 [LEFT OF DAYTON] Looming Threat for Dems: People Against the War Prefer McCain as ...: Another key to McCain’s success is his view that Iraq is just one front, though the most vital, in a global war on terrorism. On that global front, voters clearly see him as their most trustworthy defender.

[The Cool Blue Blog] The New, New reason for surrender: In other words, we will stop spending for the War in Iraq at some point, but if the money is reallocated to an entitlement program, that cost never ends until congress cuts the program.

[The Warpublican Review] Republican Lies Shift Perceptions of Iraq!: The most persuasive estimate …comes from Malcolm Nance, the author of The Terrorists of Iraq and a twenty-year intelligence veteran and Arabic speaker who has worked with military and intelligence units tracking al-Qaeda inside Iraq. He believes AQI includes about 850 full-time fighters, comprising 2 percent to 5 percent of the Sunni insurgency.

 [Redstate blogs] Pew: 47% Want To Persevere In Iraq. Can We Get It To 55%?: Although Democratic leaders have been calling the new strategy a failure because of the supposed lack of national political progress, the Iraqi Parliament passed two bills that did much to bring the country together. Many Sunni prisoners who were being held wihtout trial were freed, a process was established to allow many former Ba'athist officials to re-enter the government, more powers were officially granted to local governments, and the first local elections were set for October.

[Blog Town, PDX] Good Morning, News!: I agree with the fact that the most dramatic consequence of the Iraq war (other than the unimaginable number of dead Iraqi civilians) has been the empowerment of Iran, which is now unquestionably the regional power. But I doubt the administration is stupid enough (yes I said that seriously) to divert troops and funds away from Iraqi security to fight off Shiite influence in other places.

[Mudville Gazette] Dawn Patrol: While it is currently conventional wisdom in the media that there was no Al-Qaeda presence in Iraq before the 2003 invasion, as evidenced by the media's failure to correct Barack Obama's recent claim that "there was no such thing as Al-Qaeda in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq," for several years dating back before the Iraq invasion, there have been media reports of former Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's connections to Osama bin Laden, and his use of Iraq as a base to plot terror attacks against other countries before the war. In fact, .

 [Koreanpower999's Weblog] Can the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama coalitions come together?: A new Pew Poll shows that 25% of Hillary Clinton voters would not vote for Barack Obama in the general election, while 10% of Barack Obama voters would not vote for Hillary Clinton. I’m sure these percentages will continue to fluctuate as time goes on as there is so much energy and emotional attachment from the supporters of both sides. But there is definitely some hard feelings developing as this nomination battles goes along.

[Anne Arundel Maryland Politics - aapolitics.us - aapolitics.us] I have been saying to friends for some time that I don't think ...: Democrats wanted power in 2006, and vowed to end the war if they got it. They got power, and showed that they had no clue how to end it, and no intention of doing so .

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