Even divided, Democrats have advantage, experts say (Iraq)

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Posted on Mon, Jun. 26, 2006

Even divided, Democrats have advantage, experts say

BY DEIRDRE SHESGREEN
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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But pollsters and political experts said the debates did little to alter the fundamental threat to GOP election prospects come November: Voters are still unhappy about the conflict, and they blame the Republican president and the Republican-controlled Congress.

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Just ask Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn., a popular moderate who has been battered this year by voters furious about his staunch support of the war. Shays is hardly alone among Republican candidates dragged down by voter discontent over the war and other issues.

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Still, a recent Post-Dispatch poll found that Missourians' views of the war mirror those of the nation. A majority said going to war in Iraq was not worth it, while 60 percent said the United States should begin withdrawing some or all troops.

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There is certainly increasing evidence that many voters support setting a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.

In a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released Wednesday, just as the Senate took up competing withdrawal resolutions, 52 percent of those polled said the United States should set a timetable for troops to leave Iraq, while 42 percent said no. An earlier CNN/Gallup poll found 53 to 41 percent in favor of a timetable for withdrawal.

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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14904300.htm

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1. The link in the OP no longer works. Here is the same story:

Talent-McCaskill race

In Missouri, for example, Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., has not tried to soft-pedal his support for the war and is not on the defensive like Shays, even though he is in a tight race against state Auditor Claire McCaskill.

St. Louis political science professor Ken Warren noted that Missouri "tends to be more conservative on family values and flag-waving issues," so Talent may have more leeway on the war than candidates in other states.

Still, a recent Post-Dispatch poll found that Missourians' views of the war mirror those of the nation. A majority said going to war in Iraq was not worth it, while 60 percent said the United States should begin withdrawing some or all troops.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/ED24012C83F0E7E0862571990018F64B?OpenDocument

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2. Well worth the read

makes some valid points.....