I don't have any idea what this means, but I'm sure McCain and Obama will explain it all:
Over half of American voters (51%) now believe the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, the highest figure recorded in nearly four years by Rasmussen Reports in a nationwide survey.
Only 16% now think the terrorists are on top, while 27% view it as a stalemate. Prior to this week's survey, the number who believe the terrorists are winning had never fallen below 20%.
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Forty-four percent (44%) of voters think the United States is safer today than before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but 39% disagree. Both figures are roughly comparable to the most optimistic figures on record.
Such numbers could be used by either side of the argument. Either what we're doing is working, and we should do more of it, or the threat isn't what it's cracked up to be, and w
