|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Democrats: Voters shifting focus from Iraq
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Issue
|
| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Nov 30, 2007 09:39am |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | News |
| News Date | Friday, November 30, 2007 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Article from "The Politico".
An excerpt...
"Congressional Democrats are reporting a striking change in districts across the country: Voters are shifting their attention away from the Iraq war.
Rep. Jim Cooper, a moderate Democrat from Tennessee, said not a single constituent has asked about the war during his nearly two-week long Thanksgiving recess. Rep. Michael Capuano, an anti-war Democrat from Massachusetts, said only three of 64 callers on a town hall teleconference asked about Iraq, a reflection that the war may be losing power as a hot-button issue in his strongly Democratic district.
First-term Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.) – echoing a view shared by many of her colleagues – said illegal immigration and economic unease have trumped the Iraq war as the top-ranking concerns of her constituents.
In an interview with Politico, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) attributed the change to a recent reduction of violence and media coverage of the conflict, saying there is scant evidence that more fundamental problems with the Bush administration’s policy are improving. Even so, he agreed voters are certainly talking less about the war. “People are not as engaged daily with the reality of Iraq,” Hoyer said." |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
