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BBC News reports that eight out of 10 people in the Arab world have a negative view of the US. Wow… no shit ya think?

By extension, governments supported by the US are unpopular, found the survey, which was released in Washington. A recent BBC World Service survey found views of the US had started to improve by 4% globally, although they remained negative in the Arab world.

Only 6% of Arabs believe the US troop surge in Iraq has worked, according to the latest poll carried out by by the University of Maryland and Zogby International.

According to this poll, a majority of Arabs believe that if US troops withdraw from Iraq, Iraqis would be able to bridge their differences, the survey found.Which is odd and show how accurate polls can be… a ABC/BBC poll conducted in Iraq and released in March, appeared to show a 20% increase in the number of Iraqis who felt the surge was succeeding and described the security situation as good.

Ron Paul is generally considered not in the race and ignored by the major media outlets. Until very recently he’s been seen as having 1% or less support in the polls… recently he’s been seen as having 3-5%. There is of course a lot of talk about how his supporters are generally younger, and harder to poll… this is generally attributed to the lack of a land line, because more and more young people only use cellular. This may be changing as the California Republican Assembly, the state’s oldest and largest Republican volunteer organization, conducted a straw poll during their annual convention. Fred Thompson was the clear winner with 25% of the votes… what stands out is that the straw poll showed Ron Paul with 12%. Maybe the major media outlets will begin to pay more attention. If you didn’t know (I didn’t… I had to look it up) a straw poll is an informal type of voting where the results are used to gauge opinion. They are commonly used in American political caucuses, where the primary goals are to select delegates and vote on resolutions.

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