Merv Benson of the PrairiePundit blog cites another poll that he wrote about last Thursday, March 29 – a Fox Poll which found only 18% of respondents wanting Congress to set a date for the withdrawal of troops out of Iraq and 69% saying that decision should be left to the military commanders. His post is here.

Of course, Glenn Greenwald’s groupies will soon write me saying a Fox poll can’t be trusted. A poll from Pew or CNN or the Washington Post, by contrast, they are confident is completely disinterested.

(As for the vulgar and vituperative e-mails they persist in sending me — I am not disinterested but rather uninterested. For what it’s worth, Glenn claims he gets similar emails from the right every time Jonah or someone else on The Corner attacks him.)

For now, at least, the polls appear to be conflicting and don’t provide a clear picture of whether there is a solid majority on either side of the issue. Most likely, as in recent presidential races, the country is fairly evenly split.

It may not stay that way for long. People are likely either to perceive that Gen. Petraeus is making progress and want to given him the time and resources to succeed, or they will perceive that he is failing want to pull the plug on him and his troops as quickly as possible.