Poll: Congress Gets Dismal Marks On Iraq

Both parties are now to blame for the continued quagmire which is Iraq. This is similar to the failure of Dems and Republicans during the Vietnam War. They play politics while Americans die:

A new CBS News/New York Times poll out Monday shows that most Americans want to see U.S. troops start coming home from Iraq.

After last week's all-night Senate debate that ended without a floor vote, Americans also disapprove of how both parties in Congress are handling the war.

These poll numbers are similar to that of Bush on the war:

Among those surveyed, Congressional Democrats receive 30 percent approval on how they're handing Iraq after having failed in their recent attempt to force the start of a troop withdrawal. The Republicans, who mustered enough votes to scuttle the Democrats' plans, fare even worse, getting only a 22 percent approval rating.

Only 25 percent of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling the war. The public is divided on one of the administration's main assertions — that Iraq is part of the broader war on terror. More think Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda are not behind the current violence in Iraq than think they are.

The people are telling Congress exactly how they want the war ended:

Americans continue to want the war funded — with a timetable for troop withdrawal attached to the funding. A majority (63 percent) say this should be Congress' approach. One in four say funding should be continued without any timetable for withdrawal, but few think all war funding should be cut off, no matter what.

Ignore the people's will at your own peril.