While Mr. McDermott supports helping Pakistan with its floundering economy, he said the Bush administration had "been a little cavalier" about wiping away sanctions on Pakistan imposed after General Musharraf took power in a military coup in 1999.
But the Iraq war is driving a wedge between the political class, which almost unanimously supports helping America in Iraq as a guarantee of Poland's long-term security, and ordinary people, who are wondering about the costs of the friendship.
In theory, the public supports helping those in need.
KVH says that we are being presented with a false choice, "bombs or nothing," and supports helping refugees and not doing surgical strikes.
Risotto wouldn't say what she thought of the "right-to-rent" program in particular, noting only that while the Treasury supports helping struggling homeowners, "we need to stop short of saying we would support this in particular given that we don't have enough information one way or the other".
"The President's visit will reinforce the importance of the clear choice Illinois voters face between Alexi, who supports helping the president move America forward and career Congressman Mark Kirk, who wants to go back to the same failed Bush policies that got us into this mess".
