69 percent want out of Afghanistan now.
The new low represents the crossing of a certain psychological and cultural threshold. It means the Afghanistan war is now at least as unpopular as the Iraq war was at the height of public ire. In fact, by some measures, the war to beat the Taliban — the guys who gave safe harbor to the 9/11 terrorists — is now more unpopular than the one to get rid of Saddam and his alleged stockpiles of WMDs.
Mr. President, speed up that timetable.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY — PRESIDENT
NATIONAL (CNN/Opinion Research): Romney 36, Santorum 26, Paul 17, Gingrich 15
NATIONAL (Gallup Tracking): Romney 39, Santorum 27, Gingrich 12, Paul 10
NATIONAL (Marist/McClatchy): Romney 39, Santorum 31, Gingrich 13, Paul 13
NATIONAL (Reason/Rupe): Romney 39, Santorum 26, Paul 12, Gingrich 10
NORTH CAROLINA (PPP): Romney 30, Santorum 30, Gingrich 19, Paul 13
WISCONSIN (Marquette Law School): Romney 39, Santorum 31, Paul 11, Gingrich 5
GENERAL ELECTION — PRESIDENT
NATIONAL (Marist/McClatchy): Obama d. Romney (46-44); Obama d. Santorum (48-43); Obama d. Paul (50-40); Obama d. Gingrich (53-38)
NATIONAL (Rasmussen Tracking): Obama d. Romney (45-44); Obama d. Santorum (47-42)
NATIONAL (Reason/Rupe): Obama d. Romney (46-40); Obama d. Santorum (47-37); Obama d. Paul (47-37)
WISCONSIN (Marquette Law School): Obama d. Romney (48-43); Obama d. Paul (50-40); Obama d. Santorum (51-39); Obama d. Gingrich (53-36)
GENERAL ELECTION — SENATE
NEBRASKA (PPP): Jon Bruning (R) d. Bob Kerrey (D) (54-37); Don Stenberg (R) d. Kerrey (52-38); Deb Fischer d. Kerrey (48-38)
OHIO (Rasmussen): Sherrod Brown (D) tied with Josh Mandel (R) (43-43)
WISCONSIN RECALL
(Marquette Law School): Scott Walker (R) d. Tom Barrett (D) (47-45); Walker d. Kathleen Falk (D) (49-45); Walker d. Doug LaFollette (D) (49-42) Walker d. Kathleen Vinehout (D) (49-41)
Tom Barrett 36, Kathleen Falk 29, Doug LaFollette 8, Kathleen Vinehout 8