Washington Post staff writers Jim VandeHei and Shalaigh Murray reported in a December 7 article that House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) adopted "a position that polls show most Americans do not support" when she voiced her support for Rep. John P. Murtha's (D-PA) Iraq withdrawal proposal. VandeHei and Murray provided no support for their assertion about polling data, nor apparently is such support available. A Media Matters for America review of polling data did not identify any polls that asked whether respondents support withdrawing U.S. troops "at the earliest practicable date" -- as Murtha's resolution (House Joint Resolution 73) stated -- or within the six-month timeframe Murtha suggested was a "reasonable" estimate for how long it would take if his resolution were enacted.
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