Safe At Home

Lots of poll numbers out today from the Washington Post. Overall, public opinion is solidly with the Democrats on who would do a better job with respect to Iraq. This is good sign for the Dems as they try to compromise on a war spending bill for the president to veto. However, it's this number related to terrorism and the Iraq war that I find most interesting:

Bush continued yesterday to say that victory in Iraq is pivotal to the larger fight against terrorism, but Americans are increasingly agreeing with the Democratic view that the issues are separate. About 57 percent now say the United States can succeed in the terrorism fight without winning the Iraq war, an increase of 10 percentage points since January, when Americans were almost evenly divided on the question.

A ten point increase since January. A ten point increase since the president, the vice president, and the likes of John McCain, have been out in front trying desperately to scare the American people with their follow-us-home philosophy. If there ever was a sign that the American people are no longer buying the administration's fear-mongering, this is it.