Burnt Orange Report

Statistics are not on Bush's Side

By Katie Naranjo

Current polls show public opinion of the war in Iraq is not as supportive as previous months. 53% of Americans feel that sending troops to Iraq was a mistake and 51% of the Americans want a timetable set for troops to arrive back home. The reason for President Bush’s speech tonight is probably because 61% of Americans feel that he does not have a clear plan and is also not handling the Iraq situation well. These numbers have jumped since earlier polling in February from the low 40’s to low 50’s and 60’s. This signals a need for change in military and republican policy. Hopefully we will see a blue Whitehouse in 2008 and a large turnover of house seats in 2006.