Last year I posted this stating that, if I still advised political candidates, I would advise them to pursue victory .  

Victory in Iraq is not only an essential policy, it is sound politics. 

It appears that my argument has stood the one-year-test-of-time .

In the actual poll, the key section is the trend lines in the 'Perceptions of Progress.'  

Although there are still a lot of people with buyers remorse, there is no clamor for immediate withdrawal. 

And of key concern for Presidential elections is not the party gap Pew highlights, but the independent gap. 

Independents are more likely hold views similar to Republicans. 

If I remember correctly, Senator Obama, he was Commander in Chief a year ago, would have totally withdrawn all forces from Iraq by now--except for a token Spec Ops presence. 

For now, it appears Sen. Obama is on the wrong side of History and on the wrong side of the independents who swing elections. 

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