Voting to win in Iraq

Opinion Journal:

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Three out of four New Hampshire Republicans yesterday said they support the Iraq War, and Mr. McCain got the bulk of them. On the question of who would be the better Commander in Chief, the exit polls showed that Mr. McCain beat Mitt Romney decisively. The Senator's performance suggests that, at least among Republicans and independents, the war was unpopular mainly because the U.S. seemed to be losing it. General David Petraeus's "surge" has not only saved Iraq from defeat, it has also helped to rescue the McCain candidacy.

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As this post points out McCain actually dominated among voters who said they disapproved of the war. This is some significant evidence that the approval disapproval polling on the war is as defective as the polling on who would win on the Democrat side in New Hampshire, but for a different reason.

Even after the Tet offensive in 1968 there was significant evidence that many of those who disapproved of the war did so on the basis that they wanted it fought more effectively. Pollsters and biased media made the mistake of throwing them in with the loser lobby of the Democrat party. It did not help them in either the 1968 or 1972 election. It should not help the Democrats in the 2008 election.

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