COUNTRIES: SYRIA, UNITED STATES: CNN Poll: Public against Syria Strike Resolution

[David P. Dillard]

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COUNTRIES: SYRIA, UNITED STATES:

CNN Poll: Public against Syria Strike Resolution

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CNN Poll: Public against Syria Strike Resolution

By Paul Steinhauser and John Helton

CNN

updated 6:31 AM EDT, Monday September 9, 2013

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Washington (CNN) -- As President Barack Obama presses his case for a
strike on Syria, a new national survey shows him swimming against a strong
tide of public opinion that doesn't want the U.S. to get involved.

The CNN/ORC International poll released Monday shows that even though
eight in 10 Americans believe that the Bashar al-Assad regime gassed its
own people, a strong majority doesn't want Congress to pass a resolution
authorizing a military strike against the regime.

More than seven in 10 say such a strike would not achieve significant
goals for the U.S. and a similar amount say it's not in the national
interest for the U.S. to get involved in Syria's bloody two-year long
civil war.

The poll comes at the start of a pivotal week for the president. The
Senate is expected to take up the resolution after returning from its
month-long summer recess on Monday and Obama does a round of interviews
with the major broadcast and cable news outlets.

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Stakes high

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The stakes are high for the president.

After pushing for strikes against Syria, Obama unexpectedly announced
August 31 that he would ask Congress to authorize military action. Failing
to get Congress to go along would be an embarrassment for the commander in
chief.

"He'll go to establishing a new high bar to what it means to being a lame
duck this early," said CNN contributor and Republican strategist Ana
Navarro. "It would be devastating, I think, for rest of his agenda."

But Stephanie Cutter, another CNN contributor who was Obama's 2012 deputy
campaign manager, said Congress' not passing the revolution would be "a
blow to the United States. Not a blow to the president, it's a blow to the
United States' authority all over the world. And unprecendented."

"That's why you're going to see some members of Congress vote for that
particular reason. Some said they're voting for that particular reason,"
she said.

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Additional Topics Covered in This Article:

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Recent conflicts

If resolution fails

Dems, Republicans divided

Reason for opposition

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The complete article may be read at the URL above.

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