I don't think Dick Cheney's going to fix that

The CNN/Opinion Research poll got some discussion yesterday,

Now that the veto has been cast, 57 percent of Americans said they want Congress to send another spending bill with a timetable for withdrawal back to the White House, the poll found -- but 61 percent would support a new bill that dropped the timetables in favor of benchmarks for the Iraqi government to meet to maintain American support.

But, now, add to it USAToday/Gallup.

Most Americans don't believe that the continued presence of U.S. troops in Iraq is the key to preventing a full-scale civil war there or protecting the United States from new terrorist attacks, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.....

Six in 10 support setting a timetable for withdrawal and sticking to it regardless of what's happening in Iraq; 36% say the United States should keep troops in Iraq until the situation there improves.....

Only 22% of Americans accept the administration's argument that U.S. forces in Iraq are preventing new terror attacks on the United States; 17% say the troop presence is making those attacks more likely. Another 58% say the U.S. deployment doesn't affect it either way.

America no longer believes them.

Also, notice the minority (presumably hard core, primary voting Republican) position still stands intact.

If I'm an '08 Republican candidate, how do I straddle this position? Go the McCain route saying, in effect, I believe the all administration's talking points but disagree with their "mistakes?"

Or if I'm a Congressman facing reelection, do I stand in front of my base voters and tell them I've been wrong (and they've been wrong) for four years when they still believe the President's position?