Finally we have a scientific poll on Iran. This poll just comfirms my belief ...
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?I D=1379
According to this latest Zogby poll, American voters do not necessarily want a war with Iran, but they are also not afraid of confronting Iran if it's necessary.
A majority of likely voters - 52% - would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and 53% believe it is likely that the U.S. will be involved in a military strike against Iran before the next presidential election, a new Zogby America telephone poll shows.
Even among democrats and independents, those who favor a strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapons outnumber those who oppose.
Republicans, however, are much more likely to be supportive of a strike (71%), than Democrats (41%) or independents (44%).The view that Iran should not be attacked by the U.S. is strongest among Democrats (37%) and independents.
Clinton is most trusted on dealing with Iran.
Among all likely voters
When asked which presidential candidate would be best equipped to deal with Iran - regardless of whether or not they expected the U.S. to attack Iran - 21% would most like to see New York U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton leading the country, while 15% would prefer former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and 14% would want Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain in charge. Another 10% said Illinois Sen. Barack Obama would be best equipped to deal with Iran, while Republican Fred Thompson (5%), Democrat John Edwards (4%) and Republican Mitt Romney (3%) were less likely to be viewed as the best leaders to help the U.S. deal with Iran.
Clinton has an overwhelming advantage among democrats and she also edges out McCain among independents on this issue
Clinton leads strongly among Democrats on the issue, with 35% saying she is best equipped to deal with Iran, while 17% would prefer Obama and 7% view John Edwards as the best choice.One in five independents chose Clinton (21%) over McCain (16%) and Giuliani (11%).
The telephone poll of 1,028 likely voters nationwide was conducted Oct. 24-27, 2007 and carries a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Clinton is certainly winning on this issue. Preventing Iran from acquring nuclear weapons can be achieved through heightened diplomacy efforts and sanctions. This is why she supported Lieberman amendment and measures of economic sanctions.
All other democratic candidates are claiming they won't allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. When rubber hits road, however, Edwards/Obama/Dodd etc have all dodged. I hope Clinton will be able to challenge them directly in tomorrow's debate. What are they going to do with Iran? Why don't they support a pragmatic approach of diplomacy with economic sanctions?
Obama seems to have dropped his hypocritical attack of Clinton on this issue over the past few days, I guess his pollster is telling him this line of attack is certainly not working. Edwards probably does not have the money to do pollss, nor does he have principles and basic understanding of Geo-politics. He has to reply on Trippi and EE's national security advice. Unfortunately, only 4% of all likely voters trust Edwards' judgement on this critical issue.
Democrats will not be able to win general election if independents still do not trust them on national security matters. Hillary Clinton is clearly the only democratic candidate clearing this hurdle in this race.
Zogby has more on this poll in the following clips...
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