A new Public Policy poll says Americans support the Iran nuclear agreement by a wide margin:
-Only 38% of voters are opposed to the Iran deal, compared to 54% who are supportive of it. Democratic voters (75/17) are far more united in their favor for the agreement than Republicans (36/54) are in their opposition to it. Voters within every gender, race, and age group are in support of it, reflecting the broad based mandate for the deal.
-Similarly 54% of voters want their members of Congress to vote to allow the agreement to move forward, compared to just 39% who would like to see it blocked. (our emphasis)Despite a well-bankrolled, wildly misleading p.r. campaign to discredit the agreement, led by a front group of A.I.P.A.C., so far Americans aren't buying the increasingly shrill attacks meant to sabotage the accord. However, a vote in Congress isn't due until September and opinion can move in the direction of the Likudniks and chronic crackpots of the Republican Party, though not likely enough to garner a veto-overriding 2/3 majority in either house of Congress. Nevertheless, we need more, louder and sustained pushback like this (in this case from President Obama):
“We’ve had a sitting senator [Sen. Tom "Ear to Ear" Cotton] call John Kerry Pontius Pilate. We’ve had a sitting senator [Sen. "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz], who also happens to be running for president, suggest that I’m the leading state sponsor of terrorism. These are leaders in the Republican Party.”Let's not obscure who these crackpots and seditionists are, please. Let's name them and shame them for the dishonor they bring upon America (and Israel, for that matter).
UPDATE: Jewish Americans aren't fooled by the extremist rhetoric, either:
By a wide margin [49% to 31%], American Jews support the recently concluded agreement with Iran to restrict its nuclear program, and a clear majority of Jews wants Congress to approve the deal. In fact, as compared with Americans generally, Jews are more supportive of the “Iran deal,” in large part because Jews are more liberal and more Democratic in their identities. It turns out that liberals (Jewish or not) support the deal far more than conservatives (Jewish or not), just as most Democrats are in favor, while most Republicans are opposed.
