Wednesday, September 11, 2013

President Obama Speaks on Syria

Posted by rikyrah at 5:45 AM  
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rikyrah said...

CNN: 61 Percent Now Support the President’s Strategy on Syria

Posted on September 11, 2013 at 9:18 am by Bob Cesca


When this came down last night, I was kind of shocked.


A majority of Americans who watched President Barack Obama’s prime time address to the nation on Tuesday said they favor the approach to Syria that the president spelled out in his speech, according to an instant poll.

But an exclusive CNN/ORC International survey of speech-watchers conducted immediately after the conclusion of Obama’s address also indicates that those who tuned into the address were split on whether the president made the case for military action against Syria.

Sixty percent of those questioned said it was not in the national interests of the U.S. to be involved in the bloody two year old Syrian civil war, and more than half said the speech did not change their confidence in the president’s leadership on military and international issues.

According to the poll, 61% said they support the president’s position on Syria, with 37% saying they oppose his response to the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons against its own citizens.

I’m sure there will be more numbers dropping throughout the day. But if they’re anything like CNN’s numbers, the speech was a huge success.


http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2013/09/cnn-61-percent-now-support-the-presidents-strategy-on-syria.html

9:00 AM
Brian said...

I don't think that 61% support his original plan for war. Still strong opposition. That 61% appears to support the new approach of putting any chemical weapons under Int'l control.

2:02 AM

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