Full of sound and fury

In the end, signifying nothing:

Today, 44% of Americans believe the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror. That matches precisely the level found on the two days leading up to the President's December 18 national address. However, a survey conducted on the two days after that speech found a 6-point bounce--50% of Americans believed that the U.S. and its allies were winning. That bounce has now faded.

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Thirty-five percent (35%) of Americans now give the President good or excellent marks for handling the situation in Iraq. That's down from 40% following his December speech, but unchanged from 35% before the speech.