Poll: US Trust In Washington’s Ability To Handle Foreign Policy Hits Decade High

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Poll: US Trust In Washington’s Ability To Handle Foreign Policy Hits Decade High

Americans trust the federal government to handle international affairs more than at almost any point in nearly a decade, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. The poll, conducted from Sept. 6-9 as part of Gallup's annual Governance survey, showed that 66 percent of the 1,017 polled have a "great deal" or a "fair amount" of trust in the federal government's ability to handle international problems, higher than at any point since mid-2003. Only 33 percent claimed that their faith in Washington's ability to handle foreign affairs was "not very much" or "none."

Views on the US's ability to handle international affairs featured a starkly partisan divide -- 80 percent of Democrats supported the US's foreign policy chops, while only 52 percent of Republicans felt the same way.

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-us-trust-in-washingtons-foreign-policy-abilities

There goes Mitt's talking point.

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1. Paging Andrea Mitchell

This is a big ouchie.

"only 52% of Republicans..."

Wait, wattaya mean "only"!?! They can't even convince a majority of Republicans that Obama's foreign policy is bad!

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2. Yup. n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. 48% of Republicans want to turn the Middle East into glass.

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4. Kick! n/t

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5. That's because we finally have an adult sitting

in the President's office!

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6. Wonder how much play this got in the MSM?

They've been pushing every idiotic comment by Romney about foreign policy.