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public opinion stories: 5 news summaries
Pentagon Insiders:

 Obama Team Downplays
 Risks in Afghan Pullback

Al-Qaeda, Taliban much closer than public has been led to believe

Oct 12, 09 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - US military and intelligence officials see dangerous misrepresentations in the Obama team’s flirting with a limited, anti-al-Qaeda strategy in Afghanistan. “The White House is downplaying the dangers of doing the only thing that they think Congress and the public will support,” an official tells McClatchy. But taking... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • India • troop surge • US military • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal • public opinion

UPDATED

Voinovich Makes 9 GOP Yeas for Sotomayor


Aug 6, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - As she coasts toward confirmation, Sonia Sotomayor picked up the support of a 9th Republican today, reports MSNBC. Ohio Sen. George Voinovich’s promised yea joins yesterday's announcement by Kit Bond of Missouri and on-again-off-again Obama cabinet nominee Judd Gregg of New Hampshire. Voinovich is among four of six retiring... More »

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New Hampshire • Senate Republicans • Missouri • George Voinovich • US Supreme Court • US Senate • opinion polls • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • Obama Cabinet • Christopher Bond • Kit Bond • Sonia Sotomayor • public opinion • confirmation vote

analysis

 Fickle Voters Are 
 Change Obama 
 Can Believe In 

We're ready to change politics, religion, relationships at the drop of a hat

Aug 4, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether it’s religion, relationships, or politics, Americans are getting more fickle, experts say. Seniors citizens are more open to divorce, college students are more open to changing schools, and more than 40% of Americans will switch religions, notes one pollster. All this could be bad news for President Obama,... More »

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religion • relationship • change • opinion • Obama administration • President Obama • public opinion

Gates: Public Won't Stand
for 'Long Slog' in Afghanistan

Turnaround must happen within year

Jul 19, 09 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans aren’t going to put up with a ‘long slog’ in Afghanistan, says Robert Gates: if the public doesn’t see things getting better within a year, support for the war will likely falter, he tells the Los Angeles Times. “After the Iraq experience, nobody is prepared... More »

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Afghanistan • Congress • Robert Gates • defense secretary • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • F-22 fighter jet • public opinion

(Newser) - With the 2006 and 2008 election victories, liberals have been cheering the end of the “ghastly interlude of conservative dominance ushered in by Ronald Reagan,” William Kristol writes in the Weekly Standard. Not so fast. “Only six months into the new administration, even a talented hot... More »

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Bush administration • liberals • Obama administration • President Obama • conservative movement • William Kristol • public opinion • big government

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