Poll: Most back Congress over Bush in war funding fight (CNN)

By Bill Schneider
CNN Senior Political Analyst

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Most Americans disagree with President Bush's decision last week to veto the war funding bill that contained a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.
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Former Sen. John Edwards said Congress shouldn't back down. "If we don't have the votes to override the veto, the Congress should send him another bill with the funding authority for the troops, with a timetable for withdrawal," the Democratic presidential candidate said.

The public agrees. In the new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Tuesday, 57 percent want Congress to pass another bill with funding and timetables. (Read the complete poll results -- PDF)
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Another proposal is to replace timetables with benchmarks that the Iraqi government must meet to show progress toward a political resolution.
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A bill with benchmarks instead of a timetable gets slightly more public support, 61 percent.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/08/schneider.iraq.poll/index.html