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Giuliani 26.2%
McCain 18.7%
Thompson 10.3%
Romney 9.8%
Giuliani +7.5%

Latest news poll on Iraq...hours old

-- 61% say the United States should have stayed out of Iraq

-- 76% say things are going badly there, including 47% who say things are going very badly.

-- Only 30% approve of the job President Bush is doing overall.

-- 76%, including 51% of Republicans, say additional troops sent to Iraq this year by Bush either have had no impact or are making things worse.

-- 63% say the United States should set a date for withdrawing troops from Iraq sometime in 2008.