Saturday, September 13, 2008

Americans Feeling Better About Themselves




By IBD/TIPP


Despite scanty media coverage of positive developments in Iraq, a new IBD/TIPP Poll suggests that improvements in security, planned troop withdrawals and reports of a weakened al-Qaida have Americans believing once again that their country stands tall in the world.

In September, Americans were more optimistic about U.S. 'standing in the world' than at any other time in the last four years. Republicans are still among the most bullish, but an index tracking Democrats has doubled in the last 12 months.

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