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June 2, 2009

And the winner of the dueling speeches is ... Dick Cheney

Topics: Political News and commentaries
Via Guy Benson over at the Media Blog:

According to a USA Today poll out today:

By more than 2-1, those surveyed say Guantanamo shouldn't be closed. By more than 3-1, they oppose moving some of the accused terrorists housed there to prisons in their own states...

In the survey, Americans were inclined to accept the argument by Cheney and former president George W. Bush that the detention center had made the United States safer. By 40%-18%, they said the prison had strengthened national security rather than weakened it.

These results mirror a similar Rassmussen survey published last week:

Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now disagree with President Barack Obama's decision to close the prison camp for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, conducted after the President's speech on Guantanamo last week, shows that 38% agree with his decision.

Just 25% share the President's view that the Guantanamo camp weakened national security. Fifty-one percent (51%) disagree with that perspective.

And, by a 57% to 28% margin, voters oppose moving any of the suspected terrorists to prisons in the United States.

Guy has additional commentary.